Part 1Adoption
Chapter 2The adoption process
Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of 2002 Act
27Contravention of sections 30 to 36 of 2002 Act
1
A person who contravenes any of the provisions of the 2002 Act mentioned in subsection (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.
2
Those provisions are—
a
section 30(1), (2) and (3) (removal of child placed or who may be placed for adoption),
b
sections 32(2)(b), 33(2) and 35(2) (return of child by prospective adopters),
c
section 34(1) (removal of child in contravention of placement order),
d
section 36(1) (removal of child in non-agency case), and
e
section 36(5) (return of child to parent or guardian).