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Regulation 34 Offences

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Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with–

(a)

regulation 13 (notification to local authority);

(b)

regulation 16(2) (surrender of child to local authority);

(c)

regulation 16(4) (surrender of child as ordered by the Court);

(d)

regulation 20(1) (refusal of Court to make a Convention adoption order);

(e)

regulation 20(2) (surrender of child after notification of withdrawal); or

(f)

regulation 20(3) (surrender of child after deemed withdrawal)

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.