---
title: "Check whether an enquirer can give a Queensland notice or conduct the claim"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-the-authority-of-a-person-enquiring-for-someone-else/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-IN20261023-4-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Check whether an enquirer can give a Queensland notice or conduct the claim

> From the relationship and any order the lawyer identifies, list what that person may do at intake. Do not decide that the person may conduct the claim.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-the-authority-of-a-person-enquiring-for-someone-else/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | From the relationship and any order the lawyer identifies, list what that person may do at intake. Do not decide that the person may conduct the claim. |
| What the lawyer must review | Authority to give a notice is not authority to conduct a proceeding A parent may give a child's part 1 notice under section 9(4) A relative is not the litigation guardian unless rule 94 is met The tool records the relationship and does not decide authority |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Check the authority of a person enquiring for someone else](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-the-authority-of-a-person-enquiring-for-someone-else.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The tool separates giving a Queensland notice from conducting a proceeding. The lawyer decides what the enquirer is authorised to do.

- What the AI does: From the relationship and any order the lawyer identifies, list what that person may do at intake. Do not decide that the person may conduct the claim.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides whether the enquirer can give a notice or conduct the claim.
- Who reviews: Lawyer competent in this practice area
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 23 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Checks the lawyer makes

1. Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 section 9(4): a child's parent or legal guardian may give the notice of claim for the child. That is authority to give the notice. It is not authority to conduct a proceeding.
2. Uniform Civil Procedure Rules rules 93 and 94 decide who conducts a proceeding for a person under a legal incapacity. A relative is not made the litigation guardian by rule 94.
3. Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 section 37 and Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 section 275 were opened as the claimant's notices. Neither section, as opened, makes the enquirer the conductor of the claim.
4. List the relationship and any order the lawyer has. If no order or statutory authority is on the file, say so. Do not treat a family relationship as authority.

## Notes

- Section 9A of the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act was not opened. Do not describe a law practice certificate.
- The Limitation of Actions Act does not confer authority to give a notice or to conduct a claim.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland intake where someone enquires for the injured person

**Deliverable**: A list of the enquirer's relationship, any order on the file, and which opened provision speaks to a notice rather than to conducting a proceeding.

**Inputs**

- Who made the enquiry and their relationship to the injured person
- Any order or authority the lawyer has identified

**Example**: Illustrative example: A parent rings about a child's fall in a shop. The draft records that section 9(4) lets the parent give the part 1 notice, and it does not say the parent can start a proceeding.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The enquirer asks the firm to start a proceeding and no litigation guardian has been identified.
- The only basis offered is a family relationship.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) section 9](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pipa2002314/s9.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld) rule 94](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_reg/ucpr1999305/s94.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) section 37](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/maia1994243/s37.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Capacity and instructions checklist](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/capacity-and-instructions-checklist.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for whether the injured person can instruct on the decision in front of them today. It records observations and the support tried, and it does not certify that the person lacks capacity. |
| [Identity and authority checklist for a client overseas](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/overseas-client-identity-and-authority.md) | Checklist | Yellow | Checklist for taking instructions from a client who is overseas: how identity was seen, how the authority comes back, and that an apostille is not an identity check. |

Signed-in accounts can read the full text of each one.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*