Appointed day2

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).