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


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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/19/regulation/34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/intercountry-adoption-hague-convention-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-34
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