Prospective
119(1)Section 141 of Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (offensive weapons) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)Omit subsection (4) (prohibition on importation).
(3)In subsections (5) and (8) omit—
(a)paragraph (b), and
(b)the “or” immediately before that paragraph.
(4)In subsection (11A), as inserted by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), omit—
(a)paragraph (b), and
(b)the “or” immediately before that paragraph.
(5)In subsection (11A), as inserted by the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17), omit “Subject to subsection (11C),”.
(6)In subsection (11D), as inserted by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006—
(a)in paragraph (a) omit “or from the prohibition in subsection (4) above”, and
(b)in paragraph (b) omit “, or for an offence under section 50(2) or (3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979,”.
(7)Omit subsections (11C) to (11E) as inserted by the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007.