Queensland Consolidated Acts

CHILD PROTECTION ACT 1999 - SECT 51AC

51AC Making of application for order

(1) An authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a temporary custody order for a child.

(2) The officer must prepare a written application that states the following—

(a) the grounds on which it is made;

(b) the nature of the order sought;

(c) the proposed arrangements for the child’s care.

(3) The written application must be sworn.

(4) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires.

Example—

The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application be given by statutory declaration.