Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A court before which a person pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, an offence that involves domestic violence may, on its own initiative, make a domestic violence order against the offender, if the court is satisfied that a protection order could be made under section 20 against the offender as the respondent.
(2) If a domestic violence order is already in force, the court--
(a) must consider the order and whether, in the circumstances, the order needs to be varied, including, for example, by varying the date the order ends; and
(b) may vary the order if the court considers the order needs to be varied.
(3) This section applies whether or not the court makes another order in respect of the offender.