---
title: "Check whether a Queensland compensation law bars the safety-defect claim"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-compensation-law-bars-the-safety-defect-claim/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-PR20261023-8-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 a Queensland compensation law bars the safety-defect claim

> 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-compensation-law-bars-the-safety-defect-claim/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 | 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. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Check whether compensation law bars the safety-defect claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/check-whether-compensation-law-bars-the-safety-defect-claim.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

Section 146 is Commonwealth. The Queensland difference is which workers' compensation law could pay. That Act was not opened, so no section is named.

- What the AI does: 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 does: The lawyer decides whether s 146 excludes 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. Record amounts paid and amounts that could be recovered.
2. Separate workers' compensation from an international-agreement law.
3. Do not name an unopened section.
4. Do not use the dust exception in s 11 as if it were s 146.

## Notes

- 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.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: A safety-defect claim where Queensland workers' compensation could also pay

**Deliverable**: A note of amounts paid or possibly recoverable, and the lawyer's conclusion on s 146.

**Inputs**

- Payments and scheme names on the file
- The injury facts

**Example**: 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 escalate when**

- The bar is limited to money already received.
- An unopened section is cited.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Australian Consumer Law, s 146](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/consol_act/caca2010265/sch2.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Limitation of Actions Act 1974 (Qld), s 11](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/loaa1974226/s11.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

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