Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a form is prescribed or approved under an Act, strict compliance with the form is not necessary and substantial compliance is sufficient.
(2) If a form prescribed or approved under an Act requires—
(a) the form to be completed in a specified way; or
(b) specified information or documents to be included in, attached to or given with the form; or
(c) the form, or information or documents included in, attached to or given with the form, to be verified in a specified way;
the form is not properly completed unless the requirement is complied with.
(3) If—
(a) a form (form 1) may be prescribed or approved under an Act for a purpose or 2 or more purposes; and
(b) another form (form 2) may be prescribed or approved under the Act or another Act for the same or another purpose or purposes;
then, if separate forms 1 and 2 are prescribed or approved, a combined form 1 and 2 may be prescribed or approved and used for the purpose or all the purposes.
(4) If, under an Act, a form is required or permitted to be filed with, or served on, a person (whether the expression 'file', 'lodge', 'deliver', 'give', 'notify', 'send' or 'serve' or another expression is used), the form may be filed with, or served on, another person under arrangements made between the persons.
(5) If a form may be prescribed or approved under an Act for a purpose or 2 or more purposes, the form may only require information or documents to be included in, attached to or given with the form that are reasonably necessary for the purpose or 1 or more of the purposes.
Example 1—
A prescribed or approved form may not require the provision of personal information irrelevant to a purpose for which the form is required.
Example 2—
A prescribed or approved form may not require the provision of personal information that has some relevance to a purpose for which the form is required, but is excessively intrusive to personal privacy.