---
title: "Queensland farm business debt mediation checklist"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/qld-farm-business-debt-mediation-checklist"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a38-qld-farm-business-debt-mediation-checklist"
area_id: "A38"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A38-E20261018-2", "A38-E20261018-3"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Queensland farm business debt mediation checklist

> A checklist of the Queensland Farm Business Debt Mediation Act steps administered by QRIDA: the invitation, the farmer's request, documents, the heads of agreement, and the show-cause paths.…

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/qld-farm-business-debt-mediation-checklist  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

A checklist of the Queensland Farm Business Debt Mediation Act steps administered by QRIDA: the invitation, the farmer's request, documents, the heads of agreement, and the show-cause paths. It does not decide that enforcement may proceed.

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Agribusiness & Rural Law](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law.md)
- Jurisdictions: Queensland
- AI level: Yellow. You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a Queensland farm mortgage is heading toward mediation or enforcement, and the QRIDA notices and times need to be tracked. Do not use it as a New South Wales mediation notice, or as the heads of agreement. The approved forms were not opened.

## Used for these tasks

- [Give the farm debt mediation notice and run the statutory steps before enforcement](https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law/give-the-farm-debt-mediation-notice-and-run-the-statutory-steps-before-e.md)
- [Request and review the lender’s documents before a farm debt mediation](https://ailawframework.com/practice/agribusiness-and-rural-law/request-and-review-the-lender-s-documents-before-a-farm-debt-mediation.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may enter the date a notice was served and count the business days the QRIDA page states. The lawyer decides whether the debt is in the Act and whether enforcement is available.

**AI may:**

- Record service of an inviting notice and count 20 business days for a request, and 30 business days for documents
- List the three mediators the farmer nominates, by reference to the register, without copying a standing list of names
- Diary the 10-business-day cooling-off period after a heads of agreement, and the 20-business-day show-cause periods

**AI must not:**

- Must not decide that the farmer or the debt is within section 11. The page says to review the criteria and does not set them out
- Must not say enforcement may proceed, or draft a heads of agreement or a notice
- Must not describe the New South Wales farm-debt scheme. This checklist is Queensland only
- Must not disclose what was said at the mediation. The page cites section 38

**The lawyer checks:**

- The mortgage is a farm mortgage and the debt is a farm business debt, decided against section 11 rather than assumed
- Business days are counted as the page states: the farmer's 20 days start after the day the inviting notice is served
- A heads of agreement is not treated as final during the 10-business-day cooling-off period
- An internal review is diarised within 20 business days from the day notice of the decision was given, and section 77(2) is applied before anyone acts on the original decision

## Authorities

- [QRIDA, Farm Business Debt Mediation (the Act from 1 July 2017, the notices, and the business-day periods)](https://www.qrida.qld.gov.au/program/farm-business-debt-mediation)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/agribusiness-and-rural-law/qld-farm-business-debt-mediation-checklist and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

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