---
title: "Queensland project trust and retention trust register"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/qld-project-trust-register"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a11-qld-project-trust-register"
area_id: "A11"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "yellow"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A11-X20260927-5"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# 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.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure/qld-project-trust-register  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Construction & Infrastructure](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/construction-and-infrastructure.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 3 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## 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

- [Build the project trust and retention money compliance register for the project](https://ailawframework.com/practice/construction-and-infrastructure/build-the-project-trust-and-retention-money-compliance-register-for-the.md)

## 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

## Authorities

- [Queensland Department of Housing and Public Works, Trust account framework (last updated 2 May 2025)](https://www.housing.qld.gov.au/news-publications/legislation/building/trust-accounts/trust-account-framework)
- [Queensland Building and Construction Commission, Trust accounts (framework commenced 1 March 2021)](https://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/running-business/trust-accounts)
- [Queensland Building and Construction Commission, Project trust work](https://www.qbcc.qld.gov.au/running-business/trust-accounts/operating-trust-account/project-trust-work)

## 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/construction-and-infrastructure/qld-project-trust-register 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.*