Entry 1
A form for before you sign
The current form is Version 1, effective from 1 August 2025. Its timing is spelt out on the first page:
“WARNING – You must be given this statement before you sign the contract for the sale of the property.”
Seller disclosure statement, Form 2, page 1
The warning above it asks the buyer to read the statement and satisfy themselves of it before signing a contract, advises legal advice before signing the form, and adds: “You should not assume you can terminate the contract after signing if you are not satisfied with the information in this statement.” By signing the form, the buyer acknowledges receiving it before entering into the contract.
Entry 2
What it leaves out
The first page lists seven matters the statement does not include. One of them names pests outright:
“structural soundness of the building or pest infestation”
From the list of matters Form 2 does not include
The others include flooding or other natural hazard history, the property’s current or historical use, its building or development approvals, planning limits on the land’s use and the services connected to it. The form encourages buyers to make their own inquiries about all of them before signing, and warns that they may not be able to terminate the contract if these matters come to light afterwards.
Flood history matters to pests more than it first seems. QBCC says that where flooding has surrounded or covered internal floors, owners should check their termite management system for damage, and a timber guide published on its website says chemical barriers, stainless steel mesh and graded stone are among the systems likely to have been compromised by water, silt and mud. The form points buyers to the local council for flood information, and to the FloodCheck Queensland portal and the Australian Flood Risk Information portal.
Entry 3
Part by part
Two parts of the form come closest to the house itself. Part 4 opens with the warning this page began with:
“WARNING TO BUYER – The seller does not warrant the structural soundness of the buildings or improvements on the property, or that the buildings on the property have the required approval, or that there is no pest infestation affecting the property. You should engage a licensed building inspector or an appropriately qualified engineer, builder or pest inspector to inspect the property and provide a report and also undertake searches to determine whether buildings and improvements on the property have the required approvals.”
Form 2, Part 4: Buildings and structures
- Part 4 · Pools
Whether there is a relevant pool, a shared pool in a scheme, and whether a pool compliance certificate or a notice of no pool safety certificate is given.
- Part 4 · Owner-builder work
Whether building work was done under an owner builder permit in the last 6 years. If so, the seller must give a section 47 notice under the Queensland Building and Construction Commission Act 1991, and the buyer may have to sign it and return it before signing the contract. QBCC says the notice must carry a warning that the work is not covered by insurance under that Act.
- Part 4 · Notices and orders
Any unsatisfied show cause or enforcement notice under the Building Act 1975 or the Planning Act 2016, and any notice or order still in effect from a government, court, tribunal or other authority requiring work to be done or money spent on the property. A copy of such a notice or order must be given.
- Part 6 · Schemes
For a lot in a community titles scheme: the most recent community management statement, a body corporate certificate or a statement explaining why there is none, and a note that the buyer will have implied warranties under the Body Corporate and Community Management Act 1997, including about latent or patent defects in common property. Tab 3 covers pests in a body corporate.
Entry 4
Where the pest answers are
So the questions a buyer has about pests are answered somewhere other than Form 2. This is where the Queensland sources send them.
Drawn from Form 2, QBCC’s buying page and QBCC’s termite page.
| The question | Does Form 2 answer it? | Where to look |
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| Are there termites, or termite damage? | No: pest infestation is on its list of matters not included. | A termite inspection, which only a licensed pest controller can do. Tab 4. |
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| Is the building sound? | No: structural soundness is on the same list. | A pre-purchase building inspection by a licensed residential building inspector. |
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| What termite system protects the house? | The form has no question on it. | The termite management notice, usually in the electrical meter box. The termite inspector should also tell you how to maintain a system already installed. |
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| Has it flooded? | No, but it names where flood information is kept. | The local council and the flood portals the form names. |
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| Was there owner-builder work? | Yes, for the last 6 years, in Part 4. | The section 47 notice the seller gives. |
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Once the house is yours, the termite notice, the inspection reports and this form all belong together. Tab 1 covers the licences behind any termite work that follows.