Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A police officer may, by way of telephone, facsimile, telex, radio or other similar facility, apply under this section for a temporary protection order to a magistrate if--
(a) the police officer may, under section 67(2), make an application for a protection order, and believes that because of distance, time or other circumstances, it is not practicable for an application made to a court, or to be made to a court, to be heard and determined quickly; or
(b) the police officer may, under section 71(2), make an application under this section; or
(c) the police officer must, under section 72(2), make an application under this section.
(3) Before making the application, the police officer (if an application for a protection order has not already been made to a court) must prepare a form of application for a protection order under this section.
(4) The police officer must inform the magistrate of the particulars of the application.
(5) A magistrate with whom contact is made by a person claiming to be a police officer applying for a protection order under this section is entitled to presume that--
(a) the person is who and what the person claims to be; and
(b) the provisions of this section have been complied with.
(6) The form of application for a protection order completed under subsection (3) is to be filed in the office of the clerk of the court--
(a) at the place where the order sought, when made, is to be returned; or
(b) if such order is not made, would be returned were it made.
(7) On the filing of the form of application, an application for a protection order is taken to be made to the court at that place.