Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) Before issuing a police protection notice, the police officer must obtain the approval of a supervising police officer.
(2) The supervising police officer must be a police officer—
(a) who the police commissioner has authorised to approve the issue of police protection notices; and
(b) who is not involved in investigating the domestic violence mentioned in section 101(b).
(3) The approval of the supervising police officer may be sought and given verbally, including, for example, in person, or by telephone, radio, internet or other similar facility.
(4) The police officer must make a written record of—
(a) the supervising police officer's decision to give or refuse the approval; and
(b) the date and time of the decision; and
(c) the supervising police officer's name, rank, registered number, if any, and station.
(5) If the supervising police officer decides to refuse the approval, the police officer must not seek approval from another police officer.
(6) The police commissioner must keep the written record mentioned in subsection (4) in hard copy or electronic form.