PART 2Knife crime prevention orders

Notification requirements

I124Notification requirements

1

Subsection (2) applies if—

a

a knife crime prevention order is made in respect of a defendant (other than an order which replaces an interim knife crime prevention order), or

b

an interim knife crime prevention order is made in respect of a defendant.

2

The defendant must notify the information mentioned in subsection (3) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the order takes effect.

3

That information is—

a

the defendant's name on the day on which the notification is given and, where the defendant uses one or more other names on that day, each of those names, and

b

the defendant's home address on that day.

4

Subsection (5) applies to a defendant who is subject to—

a

a knife crime prevention order, or

b

an interim knife crime prevention order.

5

The defendant must notify the information mentioned in subsection (6) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the defendant—

a

uses a name which has not previously been notified to the police under subsection (2) or this paragraph,

b

changes their home address, or

c

decides to live for a period of one month or more at any premises the address of which has not been notified to the police under subsection (2) or this paragraph.

6

That information is—

a

in a case within subsection (5)(a), the name which has not previously been notified;

b

in a case within subsection (5)(b), the new home address;

c

in a case within subsection (5)(c), the address at which the defendant has decided to live.

7

A defendant gives a notification under subsection (2) or (5) by—

a

attending at a police station in a police area in which the defendant lives, and

b

giving an oral notification to a police officer, or to any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.