(1) When a person is charged with an offence that appears to the court to be a
serious offence, the court must make an interim court order against the
defendant for the protection of the person against whom the offence appears to
have been committed whether or not an application for an order has been made.
(2) If an interim court order is made by the court, the court is to summon the
defendant to appear at a further hearing of the matter on the determination of
the charge against the person (instead of as soon as practicable after the
order is made, as required by section 22(5)(a)).
(4) The transcript of proceedings and any evidence
admitted in the District Court or the Supreme Court in respect of a
serious offence is admissible in the Local Court or Children's Court for the
purposes of determining any one or more of the following--
(f) an
offence under the law of the Commonwealth, another State or a Territory or of
another country that is similar to an offence referred to in paragraph (a),
(b), (c), (cla), (c1), (d) or (e).