Queensland Consolidated Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 - SECT 33

33 Fixing of date, time and place for hearing

(1) If the applicant for the protection order is a police officer, as soon as practicable after the application is prepared, the police officer must prepare a copy of the application that states the date, time and place for the hearing of the application.

(2) If the applicant for the protection order is not a police officer, as soon as practicable after the application is filed in the court, the clerk of the court must—

(a) write on a copy of the application the date, time and place for the hearing of the application; and

(b) give the copy of the application to—

(i) the applicant; and

(ii) the officer in charge of the police station nearest the place where the respondent lives or was last known to live.