Article 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates’ Courts (Knife Crime Prevention Orders) Rules 2020 and shall come into force on 30th March 2020.

(2)

In these Rules—

(a)

“the 2019 Act” means the Offensive Weapons Act 2019^f1 and a reference to a section by number alone is a reference to that section of the 2019 Act;

(b)

expressions defined or used in the 2019 Act mean the same as in it;

(c)

“applicant” includes any person acting under the authority of a chief officer of police;

(d)

the following expressions mean the same as in the Magistrates’ Courts Rules 1981^f2—

(i)

“business days” (see rule 2(1) of the 1981 Rules),

(ii)

“summons” (see rule 98 of those Rules), and

(iii)

“service” (see Rules 99 and 115 of those Rules); and

(e)

a reference to “hearsay evidence” is a reference to evidence consisting of hearsay within the meaning of section 1(2) of the Civil Evidence Act 1995^f3.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2019 c. 17.
f2: S.I. 1981/552; relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2003/1236 and S.I. 2019/1367.
f3: 1995 c. 38.