s.66Persons disqualified from carrying on, or being employed in, children's homes
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Section 66Part 8 — REGISTERED CHILDREN'S HOMES

Persons disqualified from carrying on, or being employed in, children's homes

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A person who is disqualified (under section 69) from fostering a child privately shall not carry on, or be otherwise concerned in the management of, or have any financial interest in, a children's home unless he has —
disclosed to the Department the fact that he is so disqualified; and
obtained its written consent.
A person shall not employ a person who is disqualified as specified under subsection (1) in a children's home unless he has —
disclosed to the Department the fact that that person is so disqualified; and
obtained its written consent.
Where the Department refuses to give its consent under this section, it shall inform the applicant by a written notice which states —
the reason for the refusal;
the applicant's right to appeal against the refusal to the Grand Court under paragraph 8 of Schedule 6; and
the time within which he may do so.
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to both.
Where a person contravenes subsection (2) he does not commit an offence if he proves that he did not know, and had no reasonable grounds for believing, that the person whom he was employing was disqualified under section 69.

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