Check whether a Queensland compensation law bars the safety-defect claim
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Key facts
- Human involvement
- YellowClose supervision
- How AI is used
- List any workers' compensation amount already paid, and any scheme named on the file that could pay. Do not decide that Part 3-5 is unavailable. The Queensland workers' compensation Act was not opened.
- What the lawyer must review
- Decide whether s 146 applies, including an amount that could be recovered.
- Identify the Queensland workers' compensation statute yourself. It was not opened.
- Do not treat another scheme as workers' compensation unless you decide it is one.
- Keep s 11 as a different question from s 146.
Rules that apply
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The work product
Forum. A safety-defect claim where Queensland workers' compensation could also pay
Produce. A note of amounts paid or possibly recoverable, and the lawyer's conclusion on s 146.
Have ready. Payments and scheme names on the file; The injury facts.
Example of the limit. Illustrative example: No payment has been made, but the injury happened at work. The lawyer reads s 146 as covering an amount that could be recovered, and identifies the Queensland statute separately.
Stop and hand it back when
- The bar is limited to money already received.
- An unopened section is cited.
Sources for this task were checked on 2026-10-23.
Who does what
| Role | What they do |
|---|---|
| Assistance | List any workers' compensation amount already paid, and any scheme named on the file that could pay. Do not decide that Part 3-5 is unavailable. The Queensland workers' compensation Act was not opened. |
| Lawyer | Set the scope, supervise the work closely, verify every part relied on, resolve omissions and exceptions, and approve the exact output. |
Checklist
- Record amounts paid and amounts that could be recovered.
- Separate workers' compensation from an international-agreement law.
- Do not name an unopened section.
- Do not use the dust exception in s 11 as if it were s 146.
Sources
- Australian Consumer Law, s 146 · 2026-10-23
- Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld), s 11 · 2026-10-23
The Queensland workers' compensation statute was not opened.
If a submission is filed in the Supreme Court of Queensland, Practice Direction 5 of 2025 requires a named practitioner to verify the references. It is not a general ban on generative AI.