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50 Part 2—Notification and orders :(a) who resides in his police area, or who the chief officer believes is in or is intending to come to his police area, and
 * (b) who the chief officer believes is under 18.

(5) In Scotland, a chief constable may, by summary application to any sheriff within whose sheriffdom lies any part of the area of his police force, apply for a direction under subsection (1) in respect of a relevant offender (“the subject”)—
 * (a) who resides in that area, or who the chief constable believes is in or is intending to come to that area, and
 * (b) who the chief constable believes is under 16.

90 Parental directions: variations, renewals and discharges

(1) A person within subsection (2) may apply to the appropriate court for an order varying, renewing or discharging a direction under section 89(1).

(2) The persons are—
 * (a) the young offender;
 * (b) the parent;
 * (c) the chief officer of police for the area in which the young offender resides;
 * (d) a chief officer of police who believes that the young offender is in, or is intending to come to, his police area;
 * (e) in Scotland, where the appropriate court is a civil court—
 * (i) the chief constable of the police force within the area of which the young offender resides;
 * (ii) a chief constable who believes that the young offender is in, or is intending to come to, the area of his police force,
 * and in any other case, the prosecutor;
 * (f) where the direction was made on an application under section 89(4), the chief officer of police who made the application;
 * (g) where the direction was made on an application under section 89(5), the chief constable who made the application.

(3) An application under subsection (1) may be made— (a) where the appropriate court is the Crown Court (or in Scotland a criminal court), in accordance with rules of court; (b) in any other case, by complaint (or, in Scotland, by summary application).

(4) On the application the court, after hearing the person making the application and (if they wish to be heard) the other persons mentioned in subsection (2), may make any order, varying, renewing or discharging the direction, that the court considers appropriate.

(5) In this section, the “appropriate court” means—
 * (a) where the Court of Appeal made the order, the Crown Court;
 * (b) in any other case, the court that made the direction under section 89(1).

91 Offences relating to notification

(1) A person commits an offence if he—