PART 2Knife crime prevention orders

Supplementary provisions

33Interpretation of Part

1

In this Part—

  • applicant” means an applicant for a knife crime prevention order;

  • bladed article” means an article to which section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies;

  • “defendant”—

    1. a

      in relation to a knife crime prevention order under section 14 (order made otherwise than on conviction), has the meaning given by subsection (1) of that section;

    2. b

      in relation to a knife crime prevention order under section 19 (order made on conviction), has the meaning given by subsection (1) of that section;

  • harm” includes physical and psychological harm;

  • home address”, in relation to a defendant, means—

    1. a

      the address of the defendant's sole or main residence, or

    2. b

      if the defendant has no such residence, the address or location of a place where the defendant can regularly be found and, if there is more than one such place, such one of those places as the defendant may select.

2

A reference in this Part to a knife crime prevention order which is not expressed as a reference to an order under section 14 or 19 is a reference to an order under either of those sections.

3

A reference in this Part to an interim knife crime prevention order which is not expressed as a reference to an order under section 17 or 18 is a reference to an order under either of those sections.