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Childcare Act 2006

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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Offences and criminal proceedings

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Version Superseded: 01/04/2014

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2013.

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Childcare Act 2006, Cross Heading: Offences and criminal proceedings is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 December 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Offences and criminal proceedingsE+W

85Offence of making false or misleading statementE+W

(1)A person commits an offence if, in an application for registration under any of Chapters 2 to 4, he knowingly makes a statement which is false or misleading in a material particular.

(2)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Commencement Information

I1S. 85 in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4

86Time limit for proceedingsE+W

(1)Proceedings for an offence under this Part or regulations made under it may be brought within a period of six months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the prosecutor to warrant the proceedings comes to his knowledge.

(2)No such proceedings may be brought by virtue of subsection (1) more than three years after the commission of the offence.

Commencement Information

I2S. 86 in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4

87Offences by bodies corporateE+W

(1)This section applies where any offence under this Part is committed by a body corporate.

(2)If the offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager or other similar officer of the body corporate, or any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he (as well as the body corporate) is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Commencement Information

I3S. 87 in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4

88Unincorporated associationsE+W

(1)Proceedings for an offence under this Part which is alleged to have been committed by an unincorporated association must be brought in the name of the association (and not in the name of any of its members).

(2)For the purpose of any such proceedings, rules of court relating to the service of documents are to have effect as if the association were a body corporate.

(3)In proceedings for an offence under this Part brought against an unincorporated association, section 33 of the Criminal Justice Act 1925 (c. 86) and Schedule 3 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (c. 43) (procedure) apply as they do in relation to a body corporate.

(4)A fine imposed on an unincorporated association on its conviction of an offence under this Part is to be paid out of the funds of the association.

(5)If an offence under this Part by an unincorporated association is shown—

(a)to have been committed with the consent or connivance of an officer of the association or a member of its governing body, or

(b)to be attributable to any neglect on the part of such an officer or member,

the officer or member as well as the association is guilty of the offence and liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Commencement Information

I4S. 88 in force at 6.4.2007 by S.I. 2007/1019, art. 4

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