This section applies where a court—
is dealing with an offender for an offence,
the offender is aged under 18 when convicted, and
but for this subsection, the court would impose a fine on the offender in respect of the offence.
Section 380 (order for payment by parent or guardian) applies to the fine.
Subsections (4) to (6) apply for the purposes of any order made under section 380 against the offender's parent or guardian.
Section 126 (power to determine financial circumstances where offender is absent or fails to provide information) does not apply (but see section 382).
The reference to the offender's means in section 125(4) (insufficient means to pay fine and surcharge) is to be read as a reference to the means of the offender's parent or guardian.
For the purposes of any order under section 380 made against a local authority, section 124 does not apply.