Offences
34. Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with–
(a)regulation 13 (duty of prospective adopter to notify HSS trust);
(b)regulation 16(2) (surrender of child to HSS trust);
(c)regulation 16(4) (surrender of child to HSS trust as ordered by the court); or
(d)regulation 21(3) (surrender of child to HSS trust within period determined by the court),
without reasonable excuse, is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.