Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The State is subrogated, to the extent of any payment made by it, to all the rights and remedies the injured person has for the injury against anyone responsible for the injury.
(2) Subsections (3) and (4) apply if--
(a) the State decides to pay an amount to an injured person; and
(b) the person becomes entitled, whether by a court order or by a compromise of action, to receive an amount for the injury from the person responsible for the injury.
(3) The State has a first charge over the amount to the extent of the amount paid to the injured person by the Treasurer.
(4) An entitlement the injured person may have to receive further amounts as part of the payment from the State stops unless the Governor in Council otherwise directs.
(5) If anyone is convicted on indictment before a court for a personal offence causing the injury, the court may make any order necessary to give effect to the State's rights under this section, on the State's application.
(6) Subsections (2) to (5) do not limit subsection (1).