Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Despite section 4, if under the rules a proceeding that may be started in a Magistrates Court is started in a registry for a Magistrates Court that is a central registry, that Magistrates Court has jurisdiction for the proceeding.
(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent the proceeding being transferred to another Magistrates Court under the rules.
Examples—
Rule 40 (Change of venue by court order) of the rules allows a proceeding to be sent for trial to, or to be dealt with by, another court if the first court is satisfied the proceeding can be more conveniently or fairly heard or dealt with in the other court. Rule 41 (Change of venue by agreement) of the rules allows the court to transfer a proceeding on the agreement of the parties.