Part 2: Knife Crime Prevention Orders Section 23: Duration of knife crime prevention order etc
This section provides for the duration of a KCPO or interim KCPO and the prohibitions and requirements in it. Generally, a KCPO or interim KCPO takes effect on the day it is made (subsection (1)), however interim KCPOs made without notice do not take effect until they are served (subsection (2)) and a KCPO or interim KCPO made in respect of a defendant remanded in or committed to custody, who is subject to a sentence or who is on licence, may provide that it takes effect at a later date (subsections (6) and (7)).
	An interim KCPO ceases to have effect once the main application is determined or the order is otherwise varied, renewed or discharged (subsections (4) and (5)). A KCPO must specify its duration and must last for a fixed period of at least 6 months but no more than 2 years (subsection (3)). The prohibitions and requirements specified in a KCPO or interim KCPO may each have different duration (subsection (8)).
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.