Notification of parent or guardian3.
(1)
The chief officer of police must notify such parent or guardian of a young penalty recipient as he thinks fit of the giving of the penalty notice concerned.
(2)
A notification under paragraph (1) must be in writing and must include a copy of the penalty notice.
(3)
A notification under paragraph (1) may be served –
(a)
by giving it to the parent or guardian personally; or
(b)
by sending it to the parent or guardian at his usual or last-known address by first-class post.
(4)
A notification under paragraph (1) must be served before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the penalty notice was given.
(5)
Where a notification under paragraph (1) is sent to the parent or guardian by first-class post, service shall be deemed to have been effected on the second day after posting.