The Magistrates’ Courts (Knife Crime Prevention Orders) Rules 2020

Under section 14 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 a magistrates’ court may make a knife crime prevention order in respect of a defendant aged 12 years or more where (i) a chief officer of police applies for such an order, (ii) the court is satisfied that on at least two occasions during the previous two years the defendant had a bladed article, without good reason or lawful authority, in a public place in England and Wales, on school premises or on further education premises, and (iii) the court thinks that it is necessary to make the order to protect the public from the risk of harm involving a bladed article, to protect any particular member of the public (including the defendant) from such risk, or to prevent the defendant from committing an offence involving a bladed article. A knife crime prevention order may impose requirements and prohibitions which the court thinks necessary to achieve that protection or prevention.