Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if--
(a) an application (the original application) for a domestic violence order has been made and is before the court; and
(b) the person named in the original application as the respondent applies for a domestic violence order (the cross application) and the aggrieved named in the original application is named in the cross application as the respondent; and
(c) the cross application is made orally, or is made in writing but not served on the aggrieved named in the original application at least 1 business day before the day of the hearing of the original application.
(2) If the cross application is made as mentioned in subsection (1)(c), the court must adjourn the hearing of the cross application and set a date by which the written cross application is to be served on the aggrieved named in the original application, unless that aggrieved consents to the court hearing the cross application before hearing the original application or together with the original application.
(3) The court may make a temporary protection order in relation to the cross application if--
(a) the aggrieved named in the original application does not consent as mentioned in subsection (2); and
(b) at least 1 of the following persons is in danger of personal injury, or the property of at least 1 of the following persons is in danger of substantial damage--
(i) the person for whose benefit the domestic violence order, based on the cross application, is sought;
(ii) another person who is sought to be protected by the domestic violence order based on the cross application.