{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-95",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002/section-95.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/38",
  "legislation_title": "Adoption and Children Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/adoption-and-children-act-2002",
  "path": "section/95",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "95",
  "heading": "Prohibition of certain payments",
  "text": "(1) This section applies to any payment (other than an excepted payment) which is made for or in consideration of—\n(a) the adoption of a child,\n(b) giving any consent required in connection with the adoption of a child,\n(c) removing from the United Kingdom a child who is a Commonwealth citizen, or is habitually resident in the United Kingdom, to a place outside the British Islands for the purpose of adoption,\n(d) a person (who is neither an adoption agency nor acting in pursuance of an order of the High Court or family court) taking any step mentioned in section 92(2),\n(e) preparing, causing to be prepared or submitting a report the preparation of which contravenes section 94(1).\n(2) In this section and section 96, removing a child from the United Kingdom has the same meaning as in section 85.\n(3) Any person who—\n(a) makes any payment to which this section applies,\n(b) agrees or offers to make any such payment, or\n(c) receives or agrees to receive or attempts to obtain any such payment,\nis guilty of an offence.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine, or both.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 95(1)(d) inserted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 11 para. 156; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(e) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 95(4) substituted (12.3.2015) by The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (Fines on Summary Conviction) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/664), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 para. 32(3) (with reg. 5(1))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 95 in force at 30.12.2005 by S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(g) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2005/2897, arts. 3-16)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/38/section/95",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:55.944329+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}