PART 2Knife crime prevention orders
Notification requirements
I124Notification requirements
1
Subsection (2) applies if—
a
a knife crime prevention order is made in respect of a defendant (other than an order which replaces an interim knife crime prevention order), or
b
an interim knife crime prevention order is made in respect of a defendant.
2
The defendant must notify the information mentioned in subsection (3) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the order takes effect.
3
That information is—
a
the defendant's name on the day on which the notification is given and, where the defendant uses one or more other names on that day, each of those names, and
b
the defendant's home address on that day.
4
Subsection (5) applies to a defendant who is subject to—
a
a knife crime prevention order, or
b
an interim knife crime prevention order.
5
The defendant must notify the information mentioned in subsection (6) to the police within the period of 3 days beginning with the day on which the defendant—
a
uses a name which has not previously been notified to the police under subsection (2) or this paragraph,
b
changes their home address, or
c
decides to live for a period of one month or more at any premises the address of which has not been notified to the police under subsection (2) or this paragraph.
6
That information is—
a
in a case within subsection (5)(a), the name which has not previously been notified;
b
in a case within subsection (5)(b), the new home address;
c
in a case within subsection (5)(c), the address at which the defendant has decided to live.
7
A defendant gives a notification under subsection (2) or (5) by—
a
attending at a police station in a police area in which the defendant lives, and
b
giving an oral notification to a police officer, or to any person authorised for the purpose by the officer in charge of the station.
I225Offences relating to notification
1
A person commits an offence if the person—
a
fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 24(2) or (5), or
b
notifies to the police, in purported compliance with section 24(2) or (5), any information which the person knows to be false.
2
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—
a
on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court, to a fine or to both;
b
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years, to a fine or to both.
3
4
A person commits an offence under subsection (1)(a) on the day on which the person first fails, without reasonable excuse, to comply with section 24(2) or (5).
5
The person continues to commit the offence throughout any period during which the failure continues.
6
But the person may not be prosecuted more than once in respect of the same offence.
7
Proceedings for an offence under this section may be commenced in any court having jurisdiction in any place where the person charged with the offence lives or is found.