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Regulation 34 OffencesI1

Northern Ireland Not yet in force

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Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with–

(a)

regulation 13 (duty of prospective adopter to notify HSS trust);

(b)

regulation 16(2) (surrender of child to HSS trust);

(c)

regulation 16(4) (surrender of child to HSS trust as ordered by the court); or

(d)

regulation 21(3) (surrender of child to HSS trust within period determined by the court),

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

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Reg. 34 in operation at 1.6.2003, see reg. 1