Paragraph 1 Offences in England and Wales

(1)

An offence under any of the following—

(a)

section 49 or 50(9) of the Act (offences relating to the abduction of a child in care);

(b)

section 78, 79D or 79F(6) of the Act (offences relating to child minding and day care);

(c)

section 70 of the Act, section 16 of the Foster Children Act 1980^f1, or section 14 of the Children Act 1958^f2 (offences relating to private fostering); or

(d)

paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 5 to, section 63(10) of, or paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 6 to, the Act (offences relating to voluntary homes and children’s homes)^f3.

(2)

An offence in relation to a children’s home under or by virtue of any of the following provisions of the 2000 Act—

(a)

section 11(1) (failure to register);

(b)

section 24 (failure to comply with conditions);

(c)

section 25 (contravention of regulations);

(d)

section 26 (false descriptions of establishments and agencies); or

(e)

section 27 (false statements in applications).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: This provision was repealed by the Children Act 1989.
f2: This provision was repealed by the Foster Children Act 1980.
f3: These provisions are repealed by the Care Standards Act 2000 with effect from 1st April 2002 (S.I. 2001/3852) (C.125).