# The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations 2003, Regulation 36: Offences


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/118/regulation/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-2003/regulation-36
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