Part 2: Knife Crime Prevention Orders
Part 2 makes provision (sections 14 to 33) for the introduction of new civil orders, Knife Crime Prevention Orders ("KCPO"), to enable prohibitions and requirements to be imposed by the courts on individuals convicted of an offence involving violence or where a bladed article was used or carried in the commission of the offence, or where individuals have not been convicted of an offence but there is evidence that they have had a bladed article with them on two or more occasions and they pose a risk of harm or offending involving a bladed article. The rationale for creating these orders is to enable law enforcement bodies and the courts to take tougher action against those involved in knife crime, and to protect individuals from the harm caused by knife crime by preventing future offending. Along with prohibitions, KCPOs may include positive requirements to get individuals to deal with the underlying causes of their behaviour.