The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996

2.  Section 141A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (sale of knives or certain articles with blade or point to persons under sixteen) shall not apply to —

(a)a folding pocket-knife if the cutting edge of its blade does not exceed 7.62 centimetres (3 inches).

(b)razor blades permanently enclosed in a cartridge or housing where less than 2 millimetres of any blade is exposed beyond the plane which intersects the highest point of the surfaces preceding and following such blades.