(1)  A person who, without being authorized in writing for the purpose by the Secretary or the principal officer of an approved agency–

(a) conducts negotiations or makes arrangements with another person with a view to the adoption of a child by that other person; or

(b) transfers or causes to be transferred the possession, custody, or control of a child to some other person or persons with a view to the adoption of the child by that person or those persons; or

(c) receives possession, custody, or control of a child with a view to adopting the child–

is guilty of an offence.

(2)  Subsection (1) does not apply to, or in relation to, any arrangements made by, or on behalf of, a parent, guardian, or relative of a child for the adoption of the child by a spouse of a parent of the child or by a relative, or a relative and the spouse of the relative, of the child.