(1)A person commits an offence, who, with a view to financial gain, sends to a minor any document inviting him to—
(a)borrow money, or
(b)obtain goods on credit or hire, or
(c)obtain services on credit, or
(d)apply for information or advice on borrowing money or otherwise obtaining credit, or hiring goods.
(2)In proceedings under subsection (1) in respect of the sending of a document to a minor, it is a defence for the person charged to prove that he did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that he was a minor.
(3)Where a document is received by a minor at any school or other educational establishment for minors, a person sending it to him at that establishment knowing or suspecting it to be such an establishment shall be taken to have reasonable cause to suspect that he is a minor.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 50 excluded by Education (Student Loans) Act 1990 (c. 6, SIF 41:1, 2), s. 1(5), Sch. 2 para. 3(8)