# The Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003, Regulation 34: Offences

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/16/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-34
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