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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-exemption-order-1996/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3064",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-exemption-order-1996",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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 —\n(a) a folding pocket-knife if the cutting edge of its blade does not exceed 7.62 centimetres (3 inches).\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3064/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:30:33.039273+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}