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Regulation 36 Offences

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Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with—

(a)

regulation 15 (notification to local authority);

(b)

regulation 18(2) (return of child to relevant local authority);

(c)

regulation 18(4) (return of child to relevant authority as ordered by the court); or

(d)

regulation 23 (return of child to relevant authority within period prescribed by court),

without reasonable excuse is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.