Insurables — Australian business risk, sourced and dated

Demolition contractors: public liability requirements in Queensland

Cover for legal liability to third parties for personal injury or property damage arising from business activities.

Data as at

Verified for Queensland

  • Licence liability condition: Yes — and Queensland requires the policy to name the activity, exactly as New South Wales does. The application calls for evidence of current public liability insurance that must include the full legal entity, the ABN, the word 'demolition' in the scope of insurance, and the expiry date. A general liability policy that does not describe the business as demolition will not satisfy it. Evidence of current workers compensation insurance is also required. QLD · effective 2012-01-01 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
  • Licence evidence required: At application, itemised: the public liability certificate showing demolition in scope, plus workers compensation evidence and certified identity documents. QLD · effective 2012-01-01 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
  • Licensing body: Workplace Health and Safety Queensland, under the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 (Qld). Unlike a high-risk work licence, a demolition licence authorises a BUSINESS to carry out the work, which is why it carries insurance conditions that worker tickets do not. QLD · effective 2012-01-01 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13

What contracts commonly ask for

Principals and head contractors set their own insurance requirements, and those are frequently higher than a licence condition. The requirement that binds is the higher of the two, and both have to be read from the actual document.

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