Offensive Weapons

Question 1

what legislation covers offensive weapons

Answer 1

Section 1 prevention of crime act 1953

any person without lawful authority or reasonable excuse where the proof shall lie with them, has with him in any public place any offensive weapon

Question 2

what are offensive weapons

Answer 2

anything that is
Made to cause injury
Adapted for injury
Intended by a person who has it to cause injury

Question 3

what would be a reasonable excuse to carry an offensive weapon

Answer 3

job, ceremony immediate danger innocent reason (i.e. sports)

Question 4

in offensive weapons define ‘has with him’

Answer 4

on his persons immediate control

Question 5

what makes it an offence to carry a bladed weapon

Answer 5

Section 139 criminal Justice act 1988

it is an offence for any person to have with them any article which is bladed or sharply pointed in a public place without good reason or lawful excuse. except for folding pocket knife.

Question 6

what covers the sales of corrosive substances

Answer 6

section 1 offensive weapons act 2019

Question 7

what makes it unlawful to carry corrosive substance in public

Answer 7

section 6 offensive weapons act 2019