---
title: "Check whether Queensland section 11A removes the limitation period"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-a-limitation-period-still-runs-on-a-child-abuse-action/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-AB20261023-1-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 Queensland section 11A removes the limitation period

> From the date of birth and the abuse described on the file, record whether the claimant is the person said to have been abused as a child, and set s 11A beside that row.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-a-limitation-period-still-runs-on-a-child-abuse-action/queensland  
Last reviewed: 2026-10-25

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## 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 date of birth and the abuse described on the file, record whether the claimant is the person said to have been abused as a child, and set s 11A beside that row. Do not decide that a limitation period has expired, and do not invent a commencement date. |
| What the lawyer must review | Decide whether the abuse is sexual or serious physical abuse, or connected psychological abuse. Check a dependency claim only if s 11A extends to the section you have opened. Record that s 11A(5) keeps the power to grant a permanent stay. Keep the file in the firm's system. Confidentiality and APP 11 apply. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Check whether a limitation period still runs on a child-abuse action](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-a-limitation-period-still-runs-on-a-child-abuse-action.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The lawyer decides whether s 11A applies. The tool does not choose the section or name a commencement date.

- What the AI does: From the date of birth and the abuse described on the file, record whether the claimant is the person said to have been abused as a child, and set s 11A beside that row. Do not decide that a limitation period has expired, and do not invent a commencement date.
- What the lawyer does: Make the legal assessment, check the source material and authorise the output for its intended use.
- 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. Record whether the file supports sexual abuse or serious physical abuse of the claimant as a child, or psychological abuse connected with either.
2. Section 11A says the action may be brought at any time and is not subject to a limitation period. It extends to Civil Proceedings Act 2011 s 64 and a survival action under Succession Act 1981 s 66.
3. Section 11A(5) does not limit a permanent stay where delay has a burdensome effect so serious that a fair trial is not possible.
4. Do not write a calendar date for the commencement of s 11A. The opened section does not state one.

## Notes

- The opened AustLII page for section 11A does not show a compilation heading of 28 April 2026. The full official in-force HTML was not scraped. Do not add a later amendment that was not opened, and do not write a commencement date for section 11A.
- If this is used in a Supreme Court document, the Queensland Courts page lists Supreme Court Practice Direction 5 of 2025 on the accuracy of references in submissions. The direction was not opened, so no clause is quoted.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland. The court hearing the action.

**Deliverable**: A table of age, the abuse described, and s 11A, for the lawyer to accept or reject.

**Inputs**

- Date of birth
- Description of the abuse
- Whether a dependency or estate claim is made

**Example**: Illustrative example: The file describes physical discipline that the documents do not call serious, and no sexual abuse. The tool records that description beside the s 11A definition. The lawyer decides whether the section applies.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The age at the time of the abuse is missing.
- Someone asks for a calendar date on which s 11A commenced.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 11A](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/loaa1974226/s11a.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld) s 48](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/loaa1974226/s48.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Queensland Courts, using generative artificial intelligence](https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/going-to-court/prepare-for-court/representing-yourself/using-generative-ai) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Letter to an institution about a claim for abuse of a child](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/letter-to-institution-child-abuse-claim.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter telling an institution that a person intends to claim for abuse suffered as a child, covering the limitation position and the proper-defendant rules in Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales. |

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.*