(1) This section
applies to location orders other than State information orders.
(2) Subject to
section 145, a court may make a location order if it is satisfied that the
person to whom the order applies is likely to have information about the
child’s location.
(3) If the person to
whom a location order applies holds an office or position in, or in relation
to, a State entity, the order does not apply to information that the person
has or obtains because of holding that office or position.
(4) A location order
stays in force for 12 months or such longer period as the court considers
appropriate.
(5) While a location
order is in force, the person to whom it applies must provide the information
sought by the order as soon as practicable, or as soon as practicable after
the person obtains it.
(6) The person to whom
a location order applies must comply with the order despite anything in any
other written law.