The NSW Sporting Injuries Insurance Scheme was established in 1978 under state legislation, the NSW Sporting Injuries Insurance Act. The Scheme is administered by the NSW Sporting Injuries Committee. The Scheme provides serious injury insurance for NSW sporting organisations.
Membership is voluntary and is based on the payment of a premium by the organisation seeking cover.
In return, the Scheme pays lump sum benefits to registered participants of the organisation who are injured in the course of an authorised sporting activity and the injury leads to a prescribed permanent loss. Fatalities due to injury also attract a benefit.