23NP.—(1) Without prejudice to the law relating to contempt of court, where the High Court—

(a) makes an order under section 23H(3)(a),

(b) makes an order under section 23L(4)(a), or

(c) makes an order under section 23NI(4),

and the person who has actual custody of the child has been given or shown a copy of the order referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) and has been required, by or on behalf of the F196[Child and Family Agency], to give up that child to the F196[Child and Family Agency], and that person fails or refuses to comply with the order, that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class B fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

(2) Without prejudice as to the law as to contempt of court, where a special care order or an interim special care order has been made in respect of a child, a person who—

(a) without lawful authority, removes that child from—

(i) a special care unit,

(ii) the custody of the F196[Child and Family Agency], any person who is taking care of the child on behalf of the F196[Child and Family Agency] or a person referred to in section 23B(4), or

(iii) the place to which he or she has been released under section 23NF or 23NG,

or

(b) prevents the child, where that child is released from the special care unit in accordance with section 23NF or 23NG, from returning to—

(i) the special care unit, or

(ii) the custody of the F196[Child and Family Agency] or a person referred to in paragraph (a)(ii),

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a class B fine or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a person shall be deemed to have been given or shown a copy of an order referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) if that person was present at the sitting of the High Court at which that order was made.]