Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (anaw4)

PART 6 E+W LOOKED AFTER AND ACCOMMODATED CHILDREN

[F1 Regulation of local authority functions relating to looked after and accommodated children E+W

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 94A, 94B and cross-heading inserted (2.4.2018) by Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 2), ss. 58, 188(1); S.I. 2017/1326, art. 2(3)(f)

94B Offence of contravening regulations under section 94A E+W

(1) Regulations may provide that it is an offence for a person to contravene or fail to comply with a specified provision of regulations made under section 94A.

(2) A person guilty of an offence under regulations made under subsection (1) is liable—

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or to both;

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, or to both.

(3) Sections 53 (offences by bodies corporate), 54 (offences by unincorporated bodies) and 55 (proceedings for offences) of the Regulation and Inspection of Social Care (Wales) Act 2016 apply to an offence under regulations made under subsection (1) as they apply to offences under Part 1 of that Act.]