Part 2: Knife Crime Prevention Orders Section 14: Knife crime prevention order made otherwise than on conviction
This section provides the court with a power to make KCPOs in cases other than on conviction. A KCPO may be made against any person aged 12 or over and are made by a magistrates’ court where the respondent is an adult or by a youth court where the respondent is under 18 (subsections (1) and (10)).
	Section 14 sets out the conditions that must be met for the court to make a KCPO. Firstly, the court must be satisfied that an application has been made in accordance with section 15 (subsection (2)). The application is made by complaint. Subsection (9) provides that the time limits imposed by section 127 of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 do not apply to such a complaint.
	Secondly, the court must be satisfied, on the balance of probabilities (the civil standard of proof), that the respondent has, on at least two occasions in the relevant period, had a bladed article with them in a public place, on school premises or on further education premises without good reason or lawful authority (subsection (3)). A bladed article is an article to which section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies and the relevant period is two years preceding the date on which the order is made (subsection (4)).
	Thirdly, subsection (6) requires the court to think it necessary to make the order to protect the public generally, or particular persons (including the respondent), from risk of physical or psychological harm involving a bladed article or to prevent the respondent from committing an offence involving a bladed article.
	The purpose of the order is to prohibit or require the respondent to do anything described in the order for these protective purposes (subsection (7)).
	This section forms part of the law of England and Wales.