Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Where an interstate order or an overseas order is enforceable in Queensland, the court for the place where payments under the order are required to be made, may, where it is satisfied, upon ex parte application made by the clerk of the court or by or on behalf of the defendant, that the order can be more conveniently enforced at another place in Queensland, direct the transfer of the order to a court at that other place.
(2) Where the court gives a direction under subsection (1), the clerk of the court shall--
(a) send to the clerk of the court to which the order is directed to be transferred--
(i) all records in the clerk's office relating to the order; and
(ii) a copy, certified as a true copy by the clerk of the court that directed the transfer of the order, of the direction to transfer the order; and
(b) notify the collector accordingly.
(3) Upon the transfer of an order pursuant to a direction under subsection (1)--
(a) the collector shall notify the collector in the other Australian State or the officer of the court or other authority in the reciprocating country, as the case may be, accordingly; and
(b) the clerk of the court to which the order has been transferred shall cause to be served upon the defendant a certified copy of the direction under subsection (1), together with a notice--
(i) specifying the amount (if any) of the arrears due under the order; and
(ii) stating that payments under the order are to be made to the clerk of the court to which the order has been transferred; and
(iii) giving an address at which such payments may be made; and
(c) all moneys due or becoming due under the order are payable to the clerk of the court to which the order has been transferred and that court shall, for all the purposes of this Act, be the court for the place where payments under the order are required to be made.