Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Jurisdiction is conferred on--
(a) every Magistrates Court and magistrate to hear and determine all applications made to it or the magistrate under this Act; and
(b) every other court before which a person pleads guilty to, or is found guilty of, an offence that involves domestic violence.
(2) To remove doubt, it is declared that--
(a) for proceedings under this Act before a Magistrates Court or magistrate--the provisions of the Justices Act 1886 apply to the proceedings unless the application of that Act is inconsistent with this Act; and
(b) for proceedings under this Act in the Childrens Court constituted by a Childrens Court magistrate--
(i) the provisions of the Justices Act 1886 apply to the proceedings unless the application of that Act is inconsistent with this Act or the Childrens Court Act 1992; and
(ii) the provisions of the Childrens Court Act 1992 apply to the proceedings unless the application of that Act is inconsistent with this Act.
(3) Subsection (4) applies if--
(a) an application for a protection order, or variation of a protection order, is made to a Magistrates Court; and
(b) an application is made under section 62A by the aggrieved or respondent in relation to a tenancy application.
(4) If the Magistrates Court considers it appropriate, it may exercise the powers and make orders that a small claims tribunal may exercise or make under--
(a) the Small Claims Tribunals Act 1973 for a tenancy application; or
(b) the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 for a tenancy application.
(5) An order of the Magistrates Court about the tenancy application is taken to have been made under the Small Claims Tribunals Act 1973 for the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008.