Family Orders and Agreements Enforcement Assistance Act

Marginal note:Application for release of information

• 16 (1) A designated authority may, for a purpose described in subsection (2), apply to the Minister, in the time and manner prescribed by the regulations, to have the information banks searched in order to release the information prescribed by the regulations to the designated authority.

• Marginal note:Purposes

  (2) An application may be made

  • (a) to obtain assistance with the processing of an application made

    • (i) under the Divorce Act to obtain, vary, rescind or suspend a support order, or to calculate or recalculate the amount of child support, if the parties habitually reside in different provinces, or

    • (ii) under a provincial Act in respect of reciprocal enforcement of support orders that would establish or vary a support order; or

  • (b) to obtain assistance with the processing of an application that could be made

    • (i) under the Divorce Act to obtain, vary, rescind or suspend a support order, or to calculate or recalculate the amount of child support, if the prospective parties habitually reside in different provinces, or

    • (ii) under a provincial Act in respect of reciprocal enforcement of support orders that would establish or vary a support order.