---
title: "Record that Queensland motor-accident income loss is not a weekly benefit period"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/work-out-how-long-weekly-motor-accident-income-benefits-can-continue/queensland"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A21-MV20261023-13-QLD"
practice_area: "Personal Injury & Compensation (workers compensation, CTP/TAC, medical negligence)"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["QLD"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-25"
---

# Record that Queensland motor-accident income loss is not a weekly benefit period

> From the accident date and the liability decision the lawyer marks, state that sections 39 and 42 do not set a weekly income-benefit timetable. Do not enter a week count or a payment percentage.

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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 accident date and the liability decision the lawyer marks, state that sections 39 and 42 do not set a weekly income-benefit timetable. Do not enter a week count or a payment percentage. |
| What the lawyer must review | Do not enter a week limit. The sections opened do not state one. Rehabilitation funding and medical payments are not a weekly income period. You assess loss of income as damages. The tool does not calculate it. Use a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11 and any notifiable breach. |
| Written for | Queensland |
| Applies to | [Work out how long weekly motor-accident income benefits can continue](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/work-out-how-long-weekly-motor-accident-income-benefits-can-continue.md) |

## Checking plan

**Verify against sources**

There is no weekly income-benefit count in the sections opened. Income loss stays a damages question.

- What the AI does: From the accident date and the liability decision the lawyer marks, state that sections 39 and 42 do not set a weekly income-benefit timetable. Do not enter a week count or a payment percentage.
- 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. Do not copy a week limit from another scheme.
2. Record rehabilitation and medical payments under sections 39 and 42 only.
3. Leave the damages calculation blank.

## Notes

- Health, wage and scheme records stay in a firm-controlled tool. Check ASCR r 9, APP 11, and whether a disclosure is notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).
- Section 39 deals with the insurer's response on rehabilitation funding, without admitting liability. Section 42 deals with private hospital, medical and pharmaceutical expenses after liability is admitted, and with treatment, care and support needs of a scheme participant. Neither section states how many weeks of income benefits can be paid. No week count is entered.

## Practical guide

Jurisdiction: Income loss on a Queensland motor-accident claim

**Deliverable**: A note that no weekly income period was found in the sections opened.

**Inputs**

- The accident date
- The liability decision
- Any rehabilitation or medical payment record

**Example**: Illustrative example: The insurer admitted liability and paid pharmaceutical accounts. The note records those payments under section 42. The week-limit cell is left blank.

**Stop and escalate when**

- A week count or a percentage of wages is requested.
- The question is workers' compensation weekly payments, not this motor-accident claim.

Checked 2026-10-23.

## Sources

- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 39](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/maia1994243/s39.html) (checked 2026-10-23)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 42](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/maia1994243/s42.html) (checked 2026-10-23)

## Forms and precedents for this task

| Form or precedent | Kind | AI level | Summary |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [New South Wales motor accident weekly statutory benefits worksheet](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/nsw-maia-weekly-benefits.md) | Other | Yellow | Worksheet for weekly statutory benefits under the Motor Accident Injuries Act 2017 (NSW) sections 3.6 to 3.12 and Schedule 1.… |

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.*