Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person may apply to a magistrate or justice of the peace for an order under this division (a justices examination order) for another person.
(2) The application for the order must—
(a) be made by—
(i) if made to a magistrate—filing an application in the approved form with the registrar of a Magistrates Court; or
(ii) if made to a justice of the peace—giving an application in the approved form to the justice; and
(b) be sworn and state the grounds on which it is made.
(3) The application may be made even if the applicant has not made a request for assessment for the person.
Note—
A request for assessment for the person may be made by the applicant or someone else.
For the person to be taken to an authorised mental health service for assessment, assessment documents must be in force for the person, see section 25(1).