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).