Queensland Numbered Acts

DOMESTIC AND FAMILY VIOLENCE PROTECTION ACT 2012 No. 5 - SECT 140

(1) This section applies if—

(a) an application for a protection order, or a variation of a domestic violence order, is made to a Magistrates Court; and

(b) the aggrieved or respondent makes an application (a tenancy application) to QCAT for an order under the Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008, sections 245, 321 or 323.

(2) The Magistrates Court may, on application of either the aggrieved or respondent and if the court considers it appropriate, order that the tenancy application be removed to the Magistrates Court.