PART 5Threatening with offensive weapons
I151Offence of threatening with offensive weapon etc on further education premises
1
Section 139AA of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offence of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon) is amended as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
A person is guilty of an offence if that person—
a
has an article to which this section applies with them on further education premises,
b
unlawfully and intentionally threatens another person (“A”) with the article, and
c
does so in such a way that a reasonable person (“B”) who was exposed to the same threat as A would think that there was an immediate risk of physical harm to B.
3
After subsection (3) insert—
3A
In relation to further education premises this section applies to each of these—
a
an article to which section 139 applies;
b
an offensive weapon within the meaning of section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953.
4
In subsection (5)—
a
at the appropriate place insert—
“further education premises” means land used solely for the purposes of—
a
an institution within the further education sector (within the meaning of section 91 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992), or
b
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
for the definition of “school premises” substitute—
“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 section 4 of the Education Act 1996.