Section 13 Offensive Weapons Act 2019

Section 13 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is about Consequential amendments relating to corrosive products and substances. It provides as follows:

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)In section 37(1A) of the Mental Health Act 1983 (powers of courts to order hospital admission or guardianship: effect of provisions requiring imposition of appropriate custodial sentence)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (c), and

(b)at the end of paragraph (d) insert “or

(e)under section 8(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (minimum sentences in certain cases of possession of a corrosive substance),”.

(3)In section 36(2)(b) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (review of sentencing in case of failure to impose appropriate custodial sentence)—

(a)omit the “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (iii), and

(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (iv) insert “; or

(v)section 8(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.”

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)In Schedule 9 to the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (certificates as to proof of certain routine matters) at the end insert—

“The Offensive Weapons Act 2019
Sections 1(1), 3(2) and (3) and 4(4) (offences relating to sale and delivery of corrosive products)	A person authorised to do so by the Scottish Ministers	In relation to any particular product which is identified in the certificate— (a) the name and Chemical Abstracts Registry number of that product, or (b) the name and Chemical Abstracts Registry number of a substance contained in that product and the concentration of that substance in that product.
Section 6(1) (offence of having corrosive substance in a public place)	A person authorised to do so by the Scottish Ministers	That the particular substance identified in the certificate is a corrosive substance within the meaning of section 6(9) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.”

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