Section 29 Offence of breaching knife crime prevention order etcI1

England and Wales

(1)

A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, the person breaches a knife crime prevention order or an interim knife crime prevention order.

(2)

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) is liable—

(a)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding F1the 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)

In relation to an offence committed before F22 May 2022 the reference in subsection (2)(a) to F3the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

(4)

Where a person is convicted of an offence under this section, it is not open to the court by or before which the person is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in s. 29(2)(a) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table
F2: Words in s. 29(3) substituted (28.4.2022) by The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/500), regs. 1(2), 5(1), Sch. Pt. 1
F3: Words in s. 29(3) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1 table

Commencement

I1: S. 29 in force at 5.7.2021 for specified purposes in relation to the metropolitan police district for the specified period by S.I. 2021/762, regs. 1(2), 2(2) (with reg. 4) (as amended (16.7.2022) by The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/828), regs. 1(1), 2)