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Children Act 1989, Paragraph 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 21 November 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.
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5(1)If any person—
(a)acts as a child minder [in Wales] at any time when he is disqualified for registration for child minding [in Wales] ; or
(b)contravenes ...[sub-paragraph (4) or (5)] of paragraph 4,
he shall be guilty of an offence.
(...). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[(2)A person who contravenes sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 4 shall not be guilty of an offence under this paragraph if—
(a)he is disqualified for registration by virtue only of regulations made under sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 4, and
(b)he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that he was living in the same household as a person who was disqualified for registration or in a household in which such a person was employed.]
(3)Where a person contravenes sub-paragraph (5) of paragraph 4, he shall not be guilty of an offence under this paragraph if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the person whom he was employing was disqualified.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both.
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