Queensland Consolidated ActsA court may make a temporary protection order, or vary a domestic violence order, if--
(a) an application is made for a protection order or for a variation of a domestic violence order; and
(b) the court does not begin to hear, or has decided not to begin to hear, the application because the applicant has not satisfied the court that the respondent has been given a document mentioned in section 49(1)(a), (b) or (c), whether or not the respondent is present in court; and
(c) it appears to the court--
(i) the aggrieved or a named person is in danger of personal injury; or
(ii) property of the aggrieved or a named person is in danger of substantial damage.