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Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948 (repealed 14th October 1991)
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4 Penalties for failure to register and for breach of requirements under section two.E+W+S
(1)If at any time after the expiration of three months from the commencement of this Act a child is received in any premises as mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section one of this Act and the premises are not registered under that section or any requirement imposed under section two of this Act is contravened or not complied with, the occupier of the premises shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)Where at any such time as aforesaid a person receives as mentioned in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section one of this Act [F1a child of whom he is not a relative] then if he is not registered under section one of this Act, or if he contravenes or fails to comply with any requirement imposed under section two thereof, he shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)Where a person has been registered under section one of this Act and while he is so registered he acquires a new home then until he has given notice thereof to [F2the local health authority][F2the local social services authority] he shall not for the purposes of the last foregoing subsection be treated as being so registered in relation to the reception of children in the new home.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five pounds or to both such imprisonment and such fine:
. . . F3
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F1Words substituted by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), s. 60(1)(3)
F2Words “the local social services authority” substituted (E.W.) for words “the local health authority” by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 23 para. 4(1)
F3S. 4(4) proviso repealed except in relation to offences committed before (E.W.) 1.11.1968 or (S.) 1.4.1969 by Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46), Sch. 4
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