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Children and Adoption Act 2006
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- s. 9-12 repealed by 2022 c. 18 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 69 Sch. 5
12Imposition of extra conditions in certain casesE+W+N.I.
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(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations providing—
(a)for him to specify in the restricted list, in relation to any restricted country, a step which is not otherwise provided for by or by virtue of any enactment but which, by virtue of the arrangements between the United Kingdom and that country, the appropriate authority normally takes in connection with the bringing in of a child where that country is concerned, and
(b)that, if such a step has been so specified in relation to a restricted country, one or more conditions specified in the regulations are to be met in respect of a child brought into the United Kingdom in either of the cases mentioned in section 9(2) (reading the reference there to the “other country” as being to the restricted country in question).
(2)Those conditions are in addition to any provided for by virtue of—
(a)section 83 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38) (restriction on bringing children in), or
(b)Article 58ZA of the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203 (N.I. 22)) (restriction on bringing children in),
or under or by virtue of any other enactment.
(3)A person who brings, or causes another to bring, a child into the United Kingdom is guilty of an offence if any condition required to be met by virtue of subsection (1)(b) is not met.
(4)Subsection (3) does not apply if the step specified in the restricted list in relation to any country had already been taken before the publication of the restricted list.
(5)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (3) is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding [F1the general limit in a magistrates’ court] (in England and Wales) or 6 months (in Northern Ireland), or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or both,
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine, or both.
(6)In relation to an offence committed before [F22 May 2022], the reference in subsection (5)(a) to [F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court] is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
This subsection does not extend to Northern Ireland.
(7)In this section—
(a)“the appropriate authority” has the meaning given by section 11(4),
(b)“restricted country” and “restricted list” have the same meanings as in section 9.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 12(5)(a) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F2Words in s. 12(6) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F3Words in s. 12(6) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1
Commencement Information
I1S. 12(1)(7) in force at 2.8.2007 for specified purposes by S.I. 2007/2287, art. 1(1)(b)
I2S. 12(1)(7) in force at 1.8.2008 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/1798, art. 2(2)(c)
I3S. 12(2)-(5) in force at 1.8.2008 by S.I. 2008/1798, art. 2(2)(c)
I4S. 12(6) in force at 1.8.2008 by S.I. 2008/1798, art. 2(2)(c)
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