27.—(1) Where a person under the age of eighteen is ordered, under section 17 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982(1), to attend at an attendance centre in default of payment of a sum of money, payment may thereafter be made—
(a)of the whole of the said sum, to the clerk of the court which made the order, or
(b)of the whole or, subject to paragraph (2), any part of the said sum, to the officer in charge of the attendance centre specified in the order.
(2) The officer mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) may not accept a payment of part of the said sum unless it is an amount required to secure a reduction of one complete hour, or some multiple thereof, in the period of attendance specified in the order.
(3) The clerk of the court shall, on receiving a payment under paragraph (1), forthwith notify the officer mentioned in paragraph (1)(b).
(4) The officer mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) shall pay any money received by him under that paragraph to the clerk of the court which made the order and shall note the receipt of the money in the register maintained at the attendance centre.