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title: "Application to set aside or amend a default decision (QCAT Form 55)"
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# Application to set aside or amend a default decision (QCAT Form 55)

> Link to QCAT Form 55, used to apply to the tribunal to set aside or amend a decision by default.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/form-qld-qcat-55-set-aside-default  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

- Kind: Form. A form to complete, or a guide to completing an official one.
- Practice area: [Debt Recovery & Civil Enforcement](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement.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 official form at qcat.qld.gov.au and the 2 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a QCAT decision by default has been made and a party asks the tribunal to set it aside or amend it. The forms page places Form 55 with the minor-debt forms and again in the general forms list. The lawyer checks which proceeding it belongs to.

## Used for these tasks

- [Respond to an application to set aside a default judgment](https://ailawframework.com/practice/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/respond-to-an-application-to-set-aside-a-default-judgment.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may check the draft against the current official form and list what is missing; the lawyer settles every statement that will be filed and signs or lodges the form.

**AI may:**

- Check the draft is the current version of the form and list every blank field or missing attachment
- Index the documents on the file that the form calls for, with date and author
- Turn the court's published filing and service steps into a checklist for this matter

**AI must not:**

- Must not write allegations, grounds, orders or figures in words that will be filed
- Must not decide jurisdiction, standing or whether a time limit has been met
- Must not sign, lodge or serve the form

**The lawyer checks:**

- There is a QCAT decision by default, and the application is to set it aside or amend it
- The current Form 55 is used
- The response is prepared by the lawyer from the decision and the file
- Time limits are checked by the lawyer against the rules and the decision

## Authorities

- [Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, Forms (Form 55)](https://www.qcat.qld.gov.au/resources/forms)
- [QCAT Form 55](https://www.qcat.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/165469/form-55-app-to-set-aside-default-decision.pdf)

## Official form

[Official form](https://www.qcat.qld.gov.au/resources/forms)

## Where this comes from

The official form is published by qcat.qld.gov.au; this page is a completion guide. Last checked on 2026-10-22.

## 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/debt-recovery-and-civil-enforcement/form-qld-qcat-55-set-aside-default 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.*