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).