S. 139A inserted (1.9.1996) by 1996 c. 26, s. 4(1)(4); S.I. 1996/2071, art. 2

1953 c. 14.

Words in s. 139A(6)(7) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1996 c. 56, ss. 582(1), 583(2), Sch. 37 Pt. I para.69 (with ss. 1(4), 582(3), Sch. 39)

1953 c. 14.

S.I. 1987/463 (N.I. 7).

S.I. 1986/594 (N.I. 3).

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Northern Ireland only

This version of this provision extends to Northern Ireland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only

Words in s. 139A heading substituted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(2), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

S. 139A(5)(6) substituted (5.5.2011) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), ss. 52, 111(1) (with Sch. 6 para. 4(2))

S. 139A(5)(5ZA) substituted for s. 139A(5) (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(5), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

Words in s. 139A(2) inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(4), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

S. 139A modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3) (with Sch. 1 para. 42); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2

Words in s. 139A(5ZA) substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

S. 139A(6A) inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(7), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

S. 139A(5ZB) inserted (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 24 para. 91 (with Sch. 24 para. 447, Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

Words in s. 139A(1) inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(3), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

S. 139A(6) substituted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 45(6), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

Words in s. 139A(5)(a) substituted (E.W.) (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149), regs. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1

S. 139A(7)(b) repealed (N.I.) (5.5.2011) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24), s. 111(1), Sch. 8 Pt. 5

S. 139A(5A)-(5G) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/33/section/139ACriminal Justice Act 1988An Act to make fresh provision for extradition; to amend the rules of evidence in criminal proceedings; to provide for the reference by the Attorney General of certain questions relating to sentencing to the Court of Appeal; to amend the law with regard to the jurisdiction and powers of criminal courts, the collection, enforcement and remission of fines imposed by coroners, juries, supervision orders, the detention of children and young persons, probation and the probation service, criminal appeals, anonymity in cases of rape and similar cases, orders under sections 4 and 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981 relating to trials on indictment, orders restricting the access of the public to the whole or any part of a trial on indictment or to any proceedings ancillary to such a trial and orders restricting the publication of any report of the whole or any part of a trial on indictment or any such ancillary proceedings, the alteration of names of petty sessions areas, officers of inner London magistrates’ courts and the costs and expenses of prosecution witnesses and certain other persons; to make fresh provision for the payment of compensation by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; to make provision for the payment of compensation for a miscarriage of justice which has resulted in a wrongful conviction; to create an offence of torture and an offence of having an article with a blade or point in a public place; to create further offences relating to weapons; to create a summary offence of possession of an indecent photograph of a child; to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 in relation to searches, computer data about fingerprints and bail for persons in customs detention; to make provision in relation to the taking of body samples by the police in Northern Ireland; to amend the Bail Act 1976; to give a justice of the peace power to authorise entry and search of premises for offensive weapons; to provide for the enforcement of the Video Recordings Act 1984 by officers of a weights and measures authority and in Northern Ireland by officers of the Department of Economic Development; to extend to the purchase of easements and other rights over land the power to purchase land conferred on the Secretary of State by section 36 of the Prison Act 1952; and for connected purposes.1988-07-29texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-06-25Expert Participation2024-06-14Part XI Miscellaneous Articles with blades or points and offensive weapons
139A Offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on education premises. 1

Any person who has an article to which section 139 of this Act applies with him on school premises or further education premises shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Any person who has an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 with him on school premises or further education premises shall be guilty of an offence.

3

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article or weapon with him on the premises in question.

4

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had the article or weapon in question with him—

a

for use at work,

b

for educational purposes,

c

for religious reasons, or

d

as part of any national costume.

5

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable—

a

on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court or to a fine, or to both;

b

on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

c

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to a fine, or to both.

5ZA

In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (maximum sentence that may be imposed on summary conviction of offence triable either way) the reference in subsection (5)(a) to the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

5A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5B

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5C

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5D

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5E

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5F

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5G

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5ZB

See section 315 of the Sentencing Code for provision about the sentence which a court in England and Wales may be required to impose where a person aged 16 or over who has a previous relevant conviction (within the meaning of that section) is convicted of an offence under this section.

6

In this section and section 139B “school premises” means land used for the purposes of a school, excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and “school” has the meaning given by—

a

in relation to land in England and Wales, section 4 of the Education Act 1996;

b

in relation to land in Northern Ireland, Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/594 (NI 3)).

6A

In this section and section 139B “further education premises” means—

a

in relation to England and Wales, land used solely for the purposes of—

i

an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992), or

ii

a 16 to 19 Academy (within the meaning of section 1B of the Academies Act 2010),

excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the institution or the 16 to 19 Academy;

b

in relation to Northern Ireland, land used solely for the purposes of an institution of further education within the meaning of Article 2 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1772 (NI 15)) excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the institution.

7

In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—

a

the reference in subsection (2) above to section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 is to be construed as a reference to Article 22 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; and

b

the reference in subsection (6) above to section 4 of the Education Act 1996 is to be construed as a reference to Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

139A Offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on school premises. 1

Any person who has an article to which section 139 of this Act applies with him on school premises shall be guilty of an offence.

2

Any person who has an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 with him on school premises shall be guilty of an offence.

3

It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article or weapon with him on the premises in question.

4

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had the article or weapon in question with him—

a

for use at work,

b

for educational purposes,

c

for religious reasons, or

d

as part of any national costume.

5

A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable—

a

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;

b

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, or to a fine, or to both.

5A

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5B

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5C

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5D

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5E

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5F

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5G

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5ZB

See section 315 of the Sentencing Code for provision about the sentence which a court in England and Wales may be required to impose where a person aged 16 or over who has a previous relevant conviction (within the meaning of that section) is convicted of an offence under this section.

6

In this section and section 139B “ school premises ” means land used for the purposes of a school, excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and “ school ” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.

7

In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—

a

the reference in subsection (2) above to section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 is to be construed as a reference to Article 22 of the Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; and

b

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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2071">S.I. 1996/2071</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/2071/article/2">art. 2</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/14">1953 c. 14</ref>
.
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Words in s. 139A(6)(7) substituted (1.11.1996) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56">1996 c. 56</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/582/1">ss. 582(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/583/2">583(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/37/part/I/paragraph/69">Sch. 37 Pt. I para.69</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/section/582/3">582(3)</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/56/schedule/39">Sch. 39</ref>
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<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1953/14">1953 c. 14</ref>
.
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.
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.
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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/2">ss. 45(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35">
<p>
S. 139A(5)(6) substituted (5.5.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24">Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24/section/52">ss. 52</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24/section/111/1">111(1)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24/schedule/6/paragraph/4/2">Sch. 6 para. 4(2)</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/5">S. 139A(5)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/5ZA">(5ZA)</ref>
substituted for
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/5">s. 139A(5)</ref>
(6.4.2022 for E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17">Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/5">ss. 45(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-1e564fbd6404e0d174ae5b66ef9c7be8">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/2">s. 139A(2)</ref>
inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17">Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/4">ss. 45(4)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="key-6f601ab0d6f9a18c81d2bb5bbd62c3a5">
<p>
S. 139A modified in part (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/9">Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/9/section/1">ss. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/9/section/5/2">5(2)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/9/section/5/3">(3)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/9/schedule/1/paragraph/42">Sch. 1 para. 42</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1236">S.I. 2012/1236</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2012/1236/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-8d77b5e7dc382c51e020c7b1cdfd61db">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/5ZA">s. 139A(5ZA)</ref>
substituted (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149">The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/2/1">2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/schedule/part/1">Sch. Pt. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/6A">S. 139A(6A)</ref>
inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17">Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/7">ss. 45(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219">
<p>
S. 139A(5ZB) inserted (1.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17">Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/416/1">s. 416(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/24/paragraph/91">Sch. 24 para. 91</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/24/paragraph/447">Sch. 24 para. 447</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/27">Sch. 27</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236">S.I. 2020/1236</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-be6fa5c21dd1b088e2b47c5887fbc1fb">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/1">s. 139A(1)</ref>
inserted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17">Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/3">ss. 45(3)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/6">S. 139A(6)</ref>
substituted (6.4.2022 for E.W.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17">Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/45/6">ss. 45(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2019/17/section/70/1">70(1)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418">S.I. 2022/418</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/2/b">reg. 2(b)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2022/418/regulation/3">reg. 3</ref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="key-f65d5af0a9366f98293e8c1c74ddf3e3">
<p>
Words in
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1988/33/section/139A/5/a">s. 139A(5)(a)</ref>
substituted (E.W.) (7.2.2023 at 12.00 p.m.) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149">The Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Powers) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/149)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/1/2">regs. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/regulation/2/1">2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2023/149/schedule/part/1">Sch. Pt. 1</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="M_F_1fdbdeba-c89e-4509-e2d0-7e7c0afe08e2">
<p>
S. 139A(7)(b) repealed (N.I.) (5.5.2011) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24">Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011 (c. 24)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24/section/111/1">s. 111(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nia/2011/24/schedule/8/part/5">Sch. 8 Pt. 5</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb">
<p>
S. 139A(5A)-(5G) repealed (1.12.2020) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17">Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/416/1">s. 416(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/28">Sch. 28</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/413/4">ss. 413(4)</ref>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/413/5">(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/section/416/7">416(7)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/17/schedule/27">Sch. 27</ref>
);
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236">S.I. 2020/1236</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1236/regulation/2">reg. 2</ref>
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<ukm:Section Ref="section-46-2" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2008/4/section/46/2">s. 46(2)</ukm:Section>
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<num>Part XI</num>
<heading> Miscellaneous</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" eId="part-XI-crossheading-articles-with-blades-or-points-and-offensive-weapons" period="#period3">
<heading> Articles with blades or points and offensive weapons</heading>
<section eId="section-139A" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c20404481" marker="E1" class="commentary E"/>
<noteRef href="#key-6f601ab0d6f9a18c81d2bb5bbd62c3a5" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
<ins class="d29p4904"> 139A</ins>
</num>
<heading>
<noteRef href="#c12795511" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904 first"> Offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on </ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-0240288dda7c2448396249baeaa15629-1653917418327 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-0240288dda7c2448396249baeaa15629" marker="F3" class="commentary attribute F"/>
education premises
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">. </ins>
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<subsection eId="section-139A-1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">1</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">Any person who has an article to which section 139 of this Act applies with him on school premises </ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-be6fa5c21dd1b088e2b47c5887fbc1fb-1653918906979 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-be6fa5c21dd1b088e2b47c5887fbc1fb" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or further education premises
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904"> shall be guilty of an offence.</ins>
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</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-2">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">2</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904"> Any person who has an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795521" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p4904"> Prevention of Crime Act 1953 with him on school premises </ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-1e564fbd6404e0d174ae5b66ef9c7be8-1653985027595 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-1e564fbd6404e0d174ae5b66ef9c7be8" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
or further education premises
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904"> shall be guilty of an offence. </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
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<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">3</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article or weapon with him on the premises in question.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-4">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">4</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had the article or weapon in question with him—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">for use at work,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">for educational purposes,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">for religious reasons, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">as part of any national costume.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627 first">
<noteRef href="#key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is liable—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-5-an1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding </ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">
<ins class="substitution key-f65d5af0a9366f98293e8c1c74ddf3e3-1677511100594 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-f65d5af0a9366f98293e8c1c74ddf3e3" marker="F12" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the general limit in a magistrates’ court
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627"> or to a fine, or to both;</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-5-bn1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-5-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">c</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years or to a fine, or to both.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
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<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">5ZA</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (maximum sentence that may be imposed on summary conviction of offence triable either way) the reference in subsection (5)(a) to </ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627">
<ins class="substitution key-8d77b5e7dc382c51e020c7b1cdfd61db-1677511142815 first last">
<noteRef href="#key-8d77b5e7dc382c51e020c7b1cdfd61db" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
the general limit in a magistrates’ court
</ins>
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-10f58289c2a67fe0e3af13892cf87c81-1653919005627 last"> is to be read as a reference to 6 months.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5A" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5A</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5B" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5B</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5C" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5C</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5D" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5D</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5E" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5E</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5F" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5F</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5G" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p4904">5G</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5ZB">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219-1619079046365 first">
<noteRef href="#key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5ZB
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</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219-1619079046365 last">See section 315 of the Sentencing Code for provision about the sentence which a court in England and Wales may be required to impose where a person aged 16 or over who has a previous relevant conviction (within the meaning of that section) is convicted of an offence under this section.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-6">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959 first">
<noteRef href="#key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3" marker="F11" class="commentary attribute F"/>
6
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">In this section and section 139B “</ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-school-premises">
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">school premises</ins>
</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">” means land used for the purposes of a school, excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and “</ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-school">
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">school</ins>
</ins>
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<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">” has the meaning given by—</ins>
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</p>
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<paragraph eId="section-139A-6-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">in relation to land in England and Wales, section 4 of the Education Act 1996;</ins>
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</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-6-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="substitution key-cd2735d6ca2d1cbd5c492b9727a7fae3-1653919383959 last">in relation to land in Northern Ireland, Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (SI 1986/594 (NI 3)).</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-6A">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593 first">
<noteRef href="#key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b" marker="F8" class="commentary attribute F"/>
6A
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">In this section and section 139B “</ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-further-education-premises">
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">further education premises</ins>
</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">” means—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-6A-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">in relation to England and Wales, land used solely for the purposes of—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-139A-6A-a-i">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">i</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992), or</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-139A-6A-a-ii">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">ii</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">a 16 to 19 Academy (within the meaning of section 1B of the Academies Act 2010),</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the institution or the 16 to 19 Academy;</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-6A-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="key-ae04c8334fd78ce1d20f065b4c27792b-1653919463593 last">in relation to Northern Ireland, land used solely for the purposes of an institution of further education within the meaning of Article 2 of the Further Education (Northern Ireland) Order 1997 (SI 1997/1772 (NI 15)) excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the institution.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-7">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">7</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904">In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-7-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904"> the reference in subsection (2) above to section 1 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795541" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p4904"> Prevention of Crime Act 1953 is to be construed as a reference to Article 22 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795551" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p4904"> Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; and </ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-7-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p4904">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p4904"> the reference in subsection (6) above to </ins>
<ins class="d29p4904">
<ins class="d29p5047 first last">
<noteRef href="#c12795531" marker="F2" class="commentary attribute F"/>
section 4 of the Education Act 1996
</ins>
</ins>
<ins class="d29p4904"> is to be construed as a reference to Article 2(2) of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795571" marker="M4" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p4904 last"> Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. </ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-139A-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A" period="#period2">
<num>
<noteRef href="#c20404491" marker="E2" class="commentary E"/>
<noteRef href="#key-6f601ab0d6f9a18c81d2bb5bbd62c3a5" marker="C1" class="commentary C"/>
<ins class="d29p25612"> 139A </ins>
</num>
<heading>
<noteRef href="#c12795511" marker="F1" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612 first"> Offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on school premises. </ins>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-139A-1-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-1">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">1</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">Any person who has an article to which section 139 of this Act applies with him on school premises shall be guilty of an offence.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-2-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-2">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">2</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612"> Any person who has an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795521" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p25612"> Prevention of Crime Act 1953 with him on school premises shall be guilty of an offence. </ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-3-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-3">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">3</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had good reason or lawful authority for having the article or weapon with him on the premises in question.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-4-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-4">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">4</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (3) above, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) or (2) above to prove that he had the article or weapon in question with him—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-a-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-4-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">for use at work,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-b-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-4-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">b</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">for educational purposes,</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-c-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-4-c">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">c</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">for religious reasons, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-4-d-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-4-d">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">d</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">as part of any national costume.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023 first">
<noteRef href="#key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023">A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable—</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-5-a-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023">a</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023">on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-5-b-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5-b">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023">b</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474295931023 last">on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, or to a fine, or to both.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5A-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5A" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5A</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5B-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5B" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5B</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5C-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5C" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5C</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5D-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5D" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5D</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5E-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5E" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5E</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5F-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5F" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5F</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5G-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5G" period="#period1">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_7439815d-ee22-4740-8f71-f935ba9ec5fb" marker="F14" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612">5G</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-5ZB-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-5ZB">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219-1619079074927 first">
<noteRef href="#key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219" marker="F9" class="commentary attribute F"/>
5ZB
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="key-bda82b10511e9e9fed28fa0aadfdf219-1619079074927 last">See section 315 of the Sentencing Code for provision about the sentence which a court in England and Wales may be required to impose where a person aged 16 or over who has a previous relevant conviction (within the meaning of that section) is convicted of an offence under this section.</ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-6-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-6">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642 first">
<noteRef href="#key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35" marker="F4" class="commentary attribute F"/>
6
</ins>
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642"> In this section and section 139B “ </ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-school-premises">
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642">school premises</ins>
</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642"> ” means land used for the purposes of a school, excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and “ </ins>
</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-school">
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642">school</ins>
</ins>
</term>
<ins class="d29p25612">
<ins class="substitution key-09cc1c3982c7b7b568ead291bf60af35-1474296172642 last"> ” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986. </ins>
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-139A-7-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-7">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">7</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612">In the application of this section to Northern Ireland—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-7-a-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-7-a">
<num>
<ins class="d29p25612">a</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612"> the reference in subsection (2) above to section 1 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795541" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p25612"> Prevention of Crime Act 1953 is to be construed as a reference to Article 22 of the </ins>
<noteRef href="#c12795551" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
<ins class="d29p25612"> Public Order (Northern Ireland) Order 1987; and </ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-139A-7-b-ni" alternativeTo="section-139A-7-b">
<num>
<noteRef href="#M_F_1fdbdeba-c89e-4509-e2d0-7e7c0afe08e2" marker="F13" class="commentary F"/>
<ins class="d29p25612"> b </ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p25612 last">. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</portionBody>
</portion>
</akomaNtoso>