Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) If a proceeding is set down for judgement, it is not necessary for all or any of the judges of appeal before whom it was heard to be present in court to state their opinions on the proceeding when the judgement is obtained.
(2) The opinion of any of the judges of appeal may be reduced to writing and may be made public by any judge of appeal at a sitting of the Court of Appeal at which judgement in the proceeding is delivered.
(3) A question in the proceeding is to be decided in the same way, and the judgement of the Court of Appeal has the same effect, as if each judge of appeal whose opinion is so made public had been present in court and declared his or her opinion in person.
(4) For the purpose of delivering judgement under this section, the Court of Appeal may be constituted by a single judge of appeal who need not have been present at the hearing.