Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an application for--
(a) revocation of a domestic violence order; or
(b) variation of a domestic violence order (including conditions imposed by the order).
(2) The application may be made to a court by--
(a) the aggrieved; or
(b) the respondent; or
(c) an authorised person; or
(d) a police officer who reasonably believes that it is for the benefit of the aggrieved and there is sufficient reason for taking the action.
(3) The application must be made on the approved form.
(4) Where an application under subsection (1) is made, the person who makes the application shall cause a copy of the application and a notification of the time and place at which the application is to be heard--
(a) to be served on each person, being the aggrieved or the respondent, other than the person who makes the application; and
(b) to be given to the commissioner.
(4A) The clerk must cause service to be effected by a police officer on the respondent, as required under subsection (4)(a), if the application--
(a) is made by an aggrieved or named person; and
(b) seeks a variation of the domestic violence order to extend the protection given to the aggrieved or named person, to extend the period or scope of the order or to add a condition to the order.
(5) If it appears to a court to which application is made under subsection (1) that it is not reasonably practicable to effect service on a particular person, the court may order that the copy of the application and the notification be served on that person by such means of substituted service as the court thinks fit.
(6) Where a person on whom is served a copy of the application and a notification required by subsection (4) to be served (including by way of substituted service ordered under subsection (5)) fails to appear at the time and place at which the application is to be heard, the court, upon proof of such service--
(a) may hear and determine the matter of the application in the absence of that person; or
(b) may adjourn the matter of the application; or
(c) where that person is the respondent within the meaning of this Act, may, subject to section 59(1), order the issue of a warrant for the respondent to be taken into custody by a police officer and to be brought before the court.
(7) Any justice may issue a warrant for the purpose of subsection (6)(c).