Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act

Marginal note:Court shall grant authorization

12 A court seized of a valid application under section 7 shall, if it is satisfied

• (a) that reasonable steps have been taken to locate the person, child or children to whom the application relates, and

• (b) where it is alleged that the person, child or children to whom the application relates has or have left the province of the court, that the allegation is based on reasonable grounds,

grant an authorization in writing authorizing any judge of that court or any officer thereof, as the case may be, to apply for the release of information under this Part.