tion on Protection of Children and Co-operation in respect of Intercountry Adoption (Hague Convention). But regulation 59 of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 imposes other offences in relation to Convention adoptions. Before a person may bring a child into the UK, they must be assessed and approved as suitable to adopt by a UK adoption agency, and comply with the other relevant requirements of the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005. Offence: section 83(7) An offence would be committed if a person brings, or causes another to bring, a child into the UK and:  they have not been assessed and approved as suitable to adopt by a UK adoption agency; or  they have not met any condition required by the Adoptions with a Foreign Element Regulations 2005 Penalty Liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, and/or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum. On conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twelve months, and/or a fine. Taking a child abroad for adoption: section 85 Children who are Commonwealth citizens or who are habitually resident in the UK cannot be removed from the UK to a place outside the British Islands for the purposes of adoption. The exception is where a court has made an order giving the prospective adopter parental responsibility for the child under section 84 of the Act (or authority is given under the relevant Scottish or Northern Irish legislation). Offence An offence would be committed:  if a child is removed from the UK without a parental responsibility order (or authority given under the relevant Scottish or Northern Irish legislation); 235  a person makes arrangements to remove a child without a parental responsibility order (or authority given under 