PART 3ADOPTIONS UNDER THE CONVENTION

CHAPTER 3MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with—

F1a

regulation 24 (requirements in respect of prospective adopter following child’s entry into the United Kingdom);

b

regulation 26(1) (return of child to relevant local authority where prospective adopter does not wish to proceed);

c

regulation 27(1)(b) (return of child to relevant local authority on request of local authority or by order of court); or

d

regulation 33 (refusal of a court in England or Wales to make a Convention adoption order).

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.