---
title: "Map which Queensland injury Acts can apply to the same facts"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-which-injury-schemes-can-run-together-on-the-same-facts/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-IN20261023-6-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Map which Queensland injury Acts can apply to the same facts

> From the facts the lawyer selects, list the Queensland Acts that may apply and the section the lawyer names. Do not decide eligibility, and do not calculate a deadline.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-which-injury-schemes-can-run-together-on-the-same-facts/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 facts the lawyer selects, list the Queensland Acts that may apply and the section the lawyer names. Do not decide eligibility, and do not calculate a deadline. |
| What the lawyer must review | Section 6 decides which pre-court Act applies, not a generic injury label Do not reduce section 237 to a 20 per cent rule A journey category on the WorkSafe page is not a decision The tool lists the Acts and does not decide eligibility |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Map which injury schemes can run together on the same facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/map-which-injury-schemes-can-run-together-on-the-same-facts.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

The map shows which Queensland Act the opened sections allocate to these facts. The lawyer decides eligibility.

- What the AI does: From the facts the lawyer selects, list the Queensland Acts that may apply and the section the lawyer names. Do not decide eligibility, and do not calculate a deadline.
- What the lawyer does: The lawyer decides which Act applies and whether any gateway is met.
- 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 6 applies to personal injury arising out of an incident, and then excludes an injury within the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 to which that Act applies, and a Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 injury to the extent chapter 5 regulates the entitlement to seek damages. The section's example is a machine designed by another company: the claim against the employer follows the workers' compensation pre-court procedures, and the claim against the designer follows the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act.
2. Civil Liability Act 2003 section 5: the Act is not applied to deciding liability or awards for a workers' compensation injury within section 5(1)(b), other than the exceptions in that paragraph, which were not opened and are not described. Section 5(2) says it does not matter whether compensation is claimed. Section 5(3) keeps the Act for section 59A damages for a dust-related condition or a tobacco injury. It does not keep chapter 3 for a work injury.
3. Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 section 237 is the damages gateway. It is not a rule that every worker must have a 20 per cent degree of permanent impairment. The National Injury Insurance Scheme is for motor accidents on or after 1 July 2016. Do not state the numerical eligibility tests.
4. The WorkSafe journey page describes travel between home and work, travel for treatment on an existing claim, travel between jobs, and travel for work. An injury at home is not a started journey. The page gives no section number. Do not invent one, and do not decide eligibility.

## Notes

- A progress map must not put a Motor Accident Insurance Act section 37 date on an injury that section 6 allocates to workers' compensation pre-court procedures, or the reverse.
- Civil Liability Act section 52B can bar damages for treatment, care and support needs of a National Injury Insurance Scheme participant. Section 52C was not opened.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Queensland plaintiff personal injury intake, more than one Act possibly in play

**Deliverable**: A map of the Acts and the opened section that allocates each one. No eligibility finding and no deadline.

**Inputs**

- How the injury happened, as the lawyer records it
- Whether the lawyer says it is a motor accident, a work injury, or another incident

**Example**: Illustrative example: The worker was injured by a machine made by another company. The map follows the section 6 example: workers' compensation procedures against the employer, and the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act against the designer. It does not say either claim succeeds.

**Stop and escalate when**

- The facts do not show whether the injury is a work injury or a motor accident.
- The draft states that a gateway is met.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) section 6](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/pipa2002314/s6.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Civil Liability Act 2003 (Qld) section 5](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/cla2003161/s5.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (Qld) section 237](https://www.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/legis/qld/consol_act/wcara2003400/s237.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [WorkSafe Queensland: Injury while travelling to, from or for work](https://www.worksafe.qld.gov.au/workers-compensation/work-related-injuries/injury-travelling-to-from-or-for-work) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Request for NIISQ lifetime participation before the two-year anniversary](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-niisq-lifetime-participation-request.md) | Letter | Yellow | Letter asking the National Injury Insurance Agency, Queensland to repeat an interim participant's eligibility review before the two-year anniversary and to say whether lifetime participation is… |

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.*