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2. 28 June 2022 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019—
(a)section 6 (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place),
(b)section 38 (delivery of bladed products to residential premises etc),
(c)section 39 (delivery of bladed products to persons under 18),
(d)section 40 (defences to offence under section 38 or 39),
(e)section 41 (meaning of “bladed product” in sections 38 to 40),
(f)section 42 (delivery of bladed articles to persons under 18),
(g)section 46(1) (prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons) in so far as it relates to subsection (15),
(h)section 47(11), (12) and (14) in so far as it relates to subsection (12) (prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons: supplementary).
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