Mobile mechanics: public liability requirements in Queensland

Verified for Queensland

• Licence liability condition: No repairer licence was located to carry an insurance condition. QLD · effective 2026-08-24 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
• Licence evidence required: None found. QLD · effective 2026-08-24 WorkSafe Queensland · 2026-08-13
• Licensing body: Not separately licensed as a repair occupation on the sources located. The Motor Dealers and Chattel Auctioneers Act 2014 (Qld) licenses dealers and auctioneers, not repairers as such. Recorded at reduced confidence: the Act was not read in full, so treat this as "no repairer licence was found" rather than a certainty. QLD · effective 2026-08-24 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.

• What the limit figure on a certificate means
• Cover for the principal for your work
• When a certificate falls short of the contract

What this cover costs

This site publishes no cost benchmark for this cover. A benchmark needs a real sample of documents, and none is published until the sample is large enough to compute a median honestly. A benchmark from a handful of policies is a guess with a decimal point.

Sources

• NSW Fair Trading — NSW Fair Trading — motor vehicle repairers and tradespersons
• Building and Plumbing Commission — Building and Plumbing Commission (Victoria)
• WorkSafe Queensland — WorkSafe Queensland — regulator portal (WHSQ, Electrical Safety Office, WCRS)
• Consumer Protection WA — Consumer Protection, Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety (WA)
• Consumer and Business Services SA — Consumer and Business Services (South Australia)
• Consumer, Building and Occupational Services Tasmania — CBOS Tasmania — occupational licensing
• Australian Capital Territory Government — Australian Capital Territory — consolidated legislation
• Northern Territory Government — Northern Territory — consolidated legislation