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FAMILY COURT ACT 1997 - SECT 146

146 .         Provisions about location orders, other than State information orders — FLA s. 67M

        (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.



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