Section 48 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 48 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Surrender of prohibited offensive weapons. It provides as follows: (1)The Secretary of State may make such arrangements as the Secretary of State thinks fit to secure the orderly surrender at designated police stations in England and Wales of weapons…

Section 47 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 47 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons: supplementary. It provides as follows: (1)The Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 (SI 1988/2019) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (9). (2)In paragraph 1, after…

Section 46 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 46 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons. It provides as follows: (1)Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offensive weapons) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (16). (2)After subsection (1) insert— “(1A)Any person who possesses a…

Section 45 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 45 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons on further education premises. It provides as follows: (1)Section 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offence of having offensive weapon on school premises) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to…

Section 44 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 44 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Prohibition on the possession of certain dangerous knives. It provides as follows: (1)Section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (penalties for offences in connection with dangerous weapons) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4).…

Section 43 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 43 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Amendments to the definition of “flick knife”. It provides as follows: (1)In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (penalties for offences in connection with dangerous weapons), in subsection (1), for paragraph (a) substitute— “(a)any knife…

Section 42 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 42 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Delivery of bladed articles to persons under 18. It provides as follows: (1)This section applies if— (a)a person (“the seller”) sells a bladed article to another person (“the buyer”), (b)the seller and the buyer are not in each other’s…

Section 41 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 41 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Meaning of “bladed product” in sections 38 to 40. It provides as follows: (1)Subject to subsections (2) to (4), in sections 38 to 40 “bladed product” means an article which— (a)is or has a blade, and (b)is capable of…

Section 40 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 40 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Defences to offence under section 38 or 39. It provides as follows: (1)It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 38 to prove that they took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence…

Section 39 Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 39 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Delivery of bladed products to persons under 18. It provides as follows: (1)This section applies if— (a)a person (“the seller”) sells a bladed product to another person (“the buyer”), (b)the seller and the buyer are not in each other’s…