s.71Offences
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Section 71Part 9 — PRIVATE ARRANGEMENTS FOR FOSTERING CHILDREN

Offences

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71. (1) A person commits an offence if —
being required, under any provision made by or under this Part, to give any notice or information —
he fails without reasonable excuse to give the notice within the time specified in that provision; reasonable time; or statement in the notice or information which he knows to be false or misleading in a material particular;
he fails without reasonable excuse to give the information within a
he makes, or causes or procures another person to make, any
he refuses to allow a privately fostered child to be visited by a duly authorised officer of the Department;
he intentionally obstructs another in the exercise of the power conferred by section 68(3);
he contravenes section 68;
he fails without reasonable excuse to comply with any requirement imposed by the Department under this Part;
he accommodates a privately fostered child in any premises in contravention of a prohibition imposed by the Department under this Part; or
he knowingly causes to be published, or publishes, an advertisement which he knows contravenes paragraph 10 of Schedule 8.
Where a person contravenes section 69(3), he does not commit an offence under this section if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable ground for believing, that any person to whom section 69(1) applies was living or employed in the premises in question. Section 72 Children Law Page 84 Revised as at 31st day of July, 2012 c
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (g) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(d) or (f) is liable to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
A person who commits an offence under subsection (1)(e) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.
Where any person who is required, under any provision of this Part, to give a notice fails to give the notice within the time specified in that provision, proceedings for the offence may be brought at any time within six months from the date when evidence of the offence came to the knowledge of the Department.

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