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Q-COMP
Q-COMP's primary function under the Act is to regulate the workers' compensation scheme. The Act sets out very clearly the specific functions and powers that enable Q-COMP to enforce the Act as the Regulator.

Q-COMP Core System database (QCS)
Amalgamated from four stand-alone databases. Maintains information about individuals, employers and insurers and their interaction with Q-COMP, eg. injured workers attending Medical Assessment Tribunals, employers or workers applying for a review, insurer licensing.

QOTE
The Act describes QOTE for a financial year as being “the seasonally adjusted amount of Queensland full time adult persons ordinary time earnings as declared by the Australian Statistician in the statistician’s report about average weekly earnings published immediately before the start of the financial year”. QOTE is used in certain circumstances by insurers when calculating a person’s compensation payments.

Queensland Scheme-wide Analysis database (QSA)
Maintains and manages all insurers’ claims data, including basic claim information, payment information, details about the injured worker, compensation periods and common law
information.