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title: "Queensland Notice of Accident Claim: time, service and a reply to noncompliance"
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# Queensland Notice of Accident Claim: time, service and a reply to noncompliance

> Checklist for a Queensland CTP Notice of Accident Claim, and a short reply when the insurer says the notice does not comply.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-maic-notice-and-compliance-reply  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-23

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## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Personal Injury & Compensation](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/personal-injury-and-compensation.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: 2026-10-23
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-23 against the 4 authorities it cites, for Queensland.

## When to use it

Use when a person injured in a Queensland motor vehicle accident must give notice to a CTP insurer or the Nominal Defendant, or must answer a notice under section 39. Do not use it for a New South Wales or Victorian claim.

## Used for these tasks

- [Calculate limitation and pre-action notice deadlines from the injury facts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/calculate-limitation-and-pre-action-notice-deadlines-from-the-injury-fac.md)
- [Draft the pre-action notice or statutory claim form from the instructions](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/draft-the-pre-action-notice-or-statutory-claim-form-from-the-instruction.md)
- [Record the time to give notice of a statutory-benefits claim](https://ailawframework.com/practice/personal-injury-and-compensation/record-the-time-to-give-notice-of-a-statutory-benefits-claim.md)

## How AI may be used

The tool may assemble the checklist and a reply to a noncompliance notice from the insurer's letter and the file, and the lawyer settles the notice and writes nothing in the witnessed part of the form.

**AI may:**

- Calculate the earlier of the dates in section 37(2) from the accident date and the date a lawyer was first consulted
- List the documents section 37 and the regulation require, against what is already on the file
- Draft a reply that answers each noncompliance the insurer has identified, with a gap where a fact is missing

**AI must not:**

- Must not complete, sign or witness the Notice of Accident Claim Form. Both the portal printout and the PDF are signed before an eligible witness
- Must not decide that a delay is reasonably excused, or that the Nominal Defendant claim is still open
- Must not send the claim file to a public tool

**The lawyer checks:**

- Section 37(2) and (3) are applied to this accident: unidentified vehicle, ordinary vehicle, or a lawyer already consulted
- A law practice certificate accompanies the notice if a law practice is retained (s 37(1)(d))
- The insurer's section 39 notice is diarised, including the period of at least one month it allows
- Health, wage and scheme records stay in the firm's approved tool. ASCR r 9 and APP 11 apply. A breach may be notifiable under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

## Authorities

- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 37 (notice before action, the 3-month, 9-month and 1-month periods, and a reasonable excuse), read on the AustLII consolidation. Section 37 is in the current in-force contents.](https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/html/inforce/current/act-1994-009#sec.37)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 37 operative text, as read on AustLII on 23 October 2026](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/maia1994243/s37.html)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 (Qld) s 39 (insurer's response within 14 days, at least one month to remedy, and the presumption if there is no response), AustLII text. Section 39 is in the current in-force contents.](https://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/qld/consol_act/maia1994243/s39.html)
- [Motor Accident Insurance Commission, Can I claim? (timeframes, updated 28 September 2026) and Submitting a claim (witnessed signature, updated 21 May 2026)](https://maic.qld.gov.au/after-an-accident/can-i-claim/)

## 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/personal-injury-and-compensation/qld-maic-notice-and-compliance-reply 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.*