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Domestic and Family Violence Protection Act 2012
sec.140Tenancy application may be removed to Magistrates Court
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### sec.140 Tenancy application may be removed to Magistrates Court
This section applies if—
an application for a protection order, or a variation of a domestic violence order, is made to a Magistrates Court; and
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 .
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.
(sec.140-ssec.1) This section applies if— an application for a protection order, or a variation of a domestic violence order, is made to a Magistrates Court; and 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 .
(sec.140-ssec.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.
- (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 .