Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) On application made for a protection order, a clerk of the court or a justice may, subject to subsections (2) and (3), issue a summons directing the respondent to appear at the time and place set out in the summons with a view to the respondent being heard on the matter.
(2) The clerk need not issue a summons under subsection (1) if the applicant asks the clerk to arrange for the application to be heard by the court for the purpose of the court making a temporary protection order.
(3) If the court refuses to make the temporary protection order and the applicant does not withdraw the application, the clerk must issue the summons.
(4) The clerk of the court must give 2 copies of the application and any summons to the police officer in charge of the police division in which the respondent ordinarily resides or was last known to reside.
(5) The officer must cause the application and any summons to be served on the respondent.
(6) If the applicant is not the aggrieved, the applicant must serve the aggrieved with a copy of the application and notice of the time and place that the application is to be heard.
(7) A justice may issue a summons under subsection (1) only if the justice knows that a Magistrates Court is sitting at the time and place that the justice specifies in the summons for when it is returnable.
(8) A summons under this section need not be issued if a police officer who makes an application for a protection order, issues and serves on the respondent a notice in the form of a notice to appear under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000.
(9) A notice mentioned in subsection (8)--
(a) need not state an alleged offence as required under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000; and
(b) is taken, for section 49, to be a summons.