# Offensive Weapons Act 2019, Section 33: Interpretation of Part


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/17/section/33 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019/section-33
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