Background and Overview Gang-related violence
7.The Act amends the powers in Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 under which the police or a local authority may apply to a court for an injunction against an individual for the purposes of preventing gang-related violence. In particular, the Act provides that when a person aged 14 to 17 breaches such an injunction, the court may make a supervision order or a detention order.