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PART IIICare and Protection of Children Awaiting Adoption

Protected children

36Offences relating to protected children

(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;

(c)he refuses to comply with an order under section 34 for the removal of any child or obstructs any person in the execution of such an order.

(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 £400 or both.