Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) The commissioner starts a proceeding against a respondent under section 6(1) by issuing an appearance notice for the proceeding.
(2) As soon as practicable after starting the proceeding, and before the time the respondent is required to appear at a place before a court under the appearance notice, the commissioner must file the following documents with the registrar of the court at the place--
(a) the application for the proceeding;
(b) a copy of the appearance notice for the proceeding.
(3) A police officer must serve a copy of the application and the appearance notice (the application documents) on the respondent.
Note--
For further provisions about service, see section 57.
(4) Also, for a child respondent, the commissioner must, as soon as practicable after starting the proceeding, give a copy of the application documents to--
(a) the chief executive (child safety), if the order sought is likely to result in the child respondent needing to change his or her place of residence; and
(b) a parent of the child respondent, if the commissioner is able to find a parent of the child respondent after making reasonable attempts.