Section 36: Offences relating to protected children.

Adoption Act 1976 · 1976 c.36

This provision is repealed

It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

Part III: Care and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption

REPEALED on 2005-12-30 by Adoption and Children Act 2002.
The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

36(1)

A person shall be guilty of an offence if—

(a) being required, under section 35 to give any notice or information, he fails to give the notice within the time specified in that provision or fails to give the information within a reasonable time, or knowingly makes or causes or procures another person to make any false or misleading statement in the notice of information;

(b) he refuses to allow the visiting of a protected child by a duly authorised officer of a local authority or the inspection, under the power conferred by section 33(2) of any premises;

36(2)

A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both.

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