Offensive weapons and bladed articles

Question 1

Section 1 Prevention of crime act 1953
Offensive weapon in a public place

Answer 1

Any person who without lawful authority or reasonable excuse has with him in any public place any offensive weapon shall be guilty of an offence

Question 2

Section 1 Offensive Weapons act 2019

Answer 2

A person commits an offence if they sell a corrosive product to a person who is under the age of 18

Question 3

Section 6 Offensive weapons act 2019

Answer 3

A person commits an offence if they have a corrosive substance with them in a public place

Question 4

Section 139 Criminal Justice act 1988

Answer 4

Bladed or sharply pointed article

It is an offence for a person to have with him any article which has a blade or is sharply pointed except a folding pocket knife in a public place without good reason or lawful authority

Question 5

Section 139 A (1) Criminal Justice Act 1988

Answer 5

Any person who has an article which has a blade or is sharply pointed with them on school premises without good reason or lawful authority commits an offence

Question 6

Section 139 A (2) Criminal Justice act 1988

Answer 6

Any person who has an offensive weapon with them on school premises commits and offence