Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) If a police officer issues a police protection notice, a copy of the notice must be filed in the local Magistrates Court for the respondent.
(2) If the local Magistrates Court for the respondent will not be sitting within 28 days after the day the notice is issued, the clerk of the local Magistrates Court for the respondent must make arrangements with the clerk of another Magistrates Court that will be sitting within 28 days after the day the notice is issued for—
(a) the matter of the application for the protection order to be listed for mention in the other Magistrates Court at the earliest opportunity; and
(b) the respondent, and the police officer or service legal officer responsible for the matter, to be notified of the date, time and place of the mention.