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UK Law Reference
All sections of Offensive Weapons Act 2019
2019 c. 17, s.33

Section 33 — Interpretation of Part

This version in force from 2022-07-16

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) In this Part—“applicant” means an applicant for a knife crime prevention order; “bladed article” means an article to which section 139 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies; “defendant”— (a) in relation to a knife crime prevention order under section 14 (order made otherwise than on conviction), has the meaning given by subsection (1) of that section; (b) in relation to a knife crime prevention order under section 19 (order made on conviction), has the meaning given by subsection (1) of that section; “harm” includes physical and psychological harm; “home address”, in relation to a defendant, means— (a) the address of the defendant's sole or main residence, or (b) if the defendant has no such residence, the address or location of a place where the defendant can regularly be found and, if there is more than one such place, such one of those places as the defendant may select.

(2) A reference in this Part to a knife crime prevention order which is not expressed as a reference to an order under section 14 or 19 is a reference to an order under either of those sections.

(3) A reference in this Part to an interim knife crime prevention order which is not expressed as a reference to an order under section 17 or 18 is a reference to an order under either of those sections.