Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 32

32 Application for protection order

(1) An application for a protection order may be made to a Magistrates Court by—

(a) an aggrieved; or

(b) an authorised person for an aggrieved; or

(c) a police officer under section 100 (2) (a) ; or

(d) a person acting under another Act for an aggrieved.

(2) The application must—

(a) be in the approved form; and

(b) state the grounds on which it is made; and

(c) state the nature of the order sought; and

(d) if the applicant is not a police officer—be verified by the applicant by a statutory declaration (a
"verification declaration" ); and

(e) be filed in the court.

(3) However, subsection (2) (d) does not apply to an applicant if the clerk of the court agrees to grant the applicant’s request under section 36 (2) (b) .