Part 2Public order etc.
Chapter 3Other provisions
Offensive weapons
75Sale of knives and articles with blade or point to young persons
1
Section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (sale of knives etc. to persons under 16) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1)—
a
at the beginning there is inserted “
Subject to subsection (3A) below
”
; and
b
for “sixteen” there is substituted “
eighteen
”
.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
the word “and” immediately following paragraph (b) is repealed; and
b
after that paragraph there is inserted—
ba
any sword; and
4
After subsection (3) there is inserted—
3A
It is not an offence under subsection (1) to sell a knife or knife blade to a person if—
a
the person is aged 16 or over; and
b
the knife or blade is designed for domestic use.
5
The side note to that section becomes “
“Sale of knives and certain articles with blade or point to persons under eighteen
”
.