Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Court means--
(a) if an application is made to a Magistrates Court--the Magistrates Court; or
(b) if an application is made to a magistrate under section 54--the magistrate; or
(c) if an offender pleads guilty or is found guilty in relation to an offence that involves domestic violence--the court before which the offender appears.
(2) A Magistrates Court means a court constituted by a magistrate but, subject to subsections (3) and (6), does not include a court constituted by justices who are not magistrates.
(3) If an application is made--
(a) to make a domestic violence order in terms agreed to by, or on behalf of, an aggrieved and a respondent; or
(b) to make or extend a temporary protection order and a magistrate is not readily available to constitute a Magistrates Court for the purpose; or
(c) to adjourn proceedings taken with a view to the making of a domestic violence order against a respondent;
a Magistrates Court constituted by 2 or more justices may deal with the application.
(4) An order made, or action taken, under subsection (3) is a procedural order or action for the purposes of the Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991.
(5) Subsection (6) applies if an offender appears in relation to an offence involving domestic violence at a place at which a Magistrates Court is being held before 2 or more justices appointed under section 552C(3) of the Criminal Code for the place and pleads guilty to the offence.
(6) The Magistrates Court, constituted by the justices exercising jurisdiction under section 552C(3) of the Criminal Code, may deal with an application for a domestic violence order, or make a domestic violence order on its own initiative, relating to the offence and for which the offender is the respondent.