Clause 3

This section applies if a person who is —

a minor; or

an individual who has any intellectual disability or otherwise lacks capacity within the meaning of section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act 2008,is —

required to comply with any requirement, direction, notice or order made or given in accordance with any provision of this Act; or

prohibited or restricted from doing anything in accordance with any provision of this Act.(2) Where written notice of any matter set out in subsection (1)(c) or (d) is to be given to the minor or individual, that notice may also be served on —

in the case of the minor —

one of the minor’s parents; or

where the minor is in the care of a guardian who is not the minor’s parent, the minor’s guardian; or

in the case of the individual — the individual’s guardian.(3) If a parent or guardian of the minor or individual is served with a written notice under subsection (2), the parent or guardian must ensure that the minor or individual complies with the requirement, direction, notice or order or does not contravene the prohibition or restriction, as the case may be.(4) A person who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to —

in a case where the penalty upon conviction of an offence by a person for failing to comply with the requirement, direction, notice or order, or for contravening the prohibition or restriction, is expressly provided — the same penalty; or

in any other case — the penalty provided in section 65.”.