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The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The act addresses crimes related to acid attacks (including the sale and possession in public places of corrosive substances); knife crime prevention orders; the sale of, delivery and possession of knives and other offensive weapons; and introduced further restrictions on firearms. [2]
The following is a list of offensive weapons gazetted as a "scheduled weapon" under the Second Schedule of this Act [1] as of 26 September 2024. Any knife, sometimes known as a " flick knife ", which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife.
In 2024, the Offensive Weapons Act was further amended, prohibiting the possession of weapons which did not have images or words depicting violence on the blade or handle, effectively closing a legal loophole. [10] An amnesty and compensation scheme [11] was introduced to encourage the collection of the prohibited weapons.
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However Act No. 372/1990 Offences Act [62] states in paragraph 47 that carrying of a "cold weapon" such as a knife, dagger, or sabre in public places is a non-criminal offense to public safety if, from the circumstances of the case or the behaviour of the person, it can be concluded that these weapons can be used for violence or threats of ...
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The offence of carrying an offensive weapon in a public place refers to something made, adapted or intended to be used on a person as the offence wording states in Section 1(4) "offensive weapon" means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him.