Checklist · Construction & Infrastructure
Queensland project trust and retention trust register
Register for whether a Queensland contract needs a project trust account, and for the project trust and retention trust accounts once an account exists.
- Kind
- Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Where it applies
- Queensland
- AI use
- Yellow You and the tool draft together, with you directing. You check every statement you rely on.
- Law stated as at
- 22 October 2026
- Status
- Maintained. Checked on 22 October 2026 against the 3 authorities it cites, for Queensland.
- Version
- 1
- Source
- Written for this library
When to use it
Use when a head contractor or principal is checking a Queensland building contract against the published trust account framework. Eligibility is not decided from the dollar figures alone.
Used for these tasks
Each task page says how far AI may help with the task and what the lawyer must review.
How AI may be used
AI may enter the contract price and the account details from the documents. It must not decide that a project trust is required.
AI may
- Enter the contract price, the parties and the bank account details from the documents
- List the categories of work named in the scope against the project trust work list
- Flag a contract at or above a published dollar figure that has no trust record in the file
AI must not
- Must not decide that more than 50 per cent of the price is project trust work
- Must not decide that the contract is an eligible Queensland Government contract or a private contract
- Must not draft a trust notice or a trust account review report
The lawyer checks
- Eligibility is checked with the QBCC trust account tool or the planning guidance, not from the two dollar figures alone
- A separate project trust is recorded for each eligible contract, and only one retention trust where that is what the page allows
- The review timing is taken from the trust account reviews page, which was not used here
Method: how the Green, Yellow and Red levels are decided. This is guidance for planning, not legal advice.
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