Section 21: Applications for prohibition orders and premises orders
This section makes provision about the persons who may apply for a prohibition order or a premises order and the form of such an application. Applications to the appropriate court for a prohibition order or a premises order may only be made by a chief officer of police of territorial forces in the UK, the chief constable of the British Transport Police (for example, in relation to premises at mainline train stations), the Director General of the NCA (for example, against serious and organised criminals involved in the importation of psychoactive substances), the Secretary of State insofar as he or she exercises functions in relation to customs (in practice, applications would be made by Border Force which has no separate legal persona from the Home Secretary), or a local authority (subsection (1)).
	Subsection (2) provides that where an application is made to a court for a prohibition order or premises order following a breach of a prohibition notice or premises notice, the application must be made by the organisation which issued the original notice.