Offensive Weapons Act 2019

33 Interpretation 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”—

  (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;

  (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—

  (a)

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

  (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.