Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person is a responsible person for a dog if—
(a) the person, or the person's employee acting within the scope of the employment, has immediate control or custody of the dog; or
(b) the person is the parent or guardian of a minor who has immediate control or custody of the dog; or
(c) the person occupies the place at which the dog is usually kept.
(2) However, a person is not a responsible person for the dog—
(a) merely because the person occupies a place at which the dog is usually kept if someone else who is an adult and lives at the place keeps the dog; or
(b) if the person has the control or custody of or keeps the dog as an employee of someone else and the person is acting within the scope of the employment.