{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-1A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-1A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2019",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/1A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of paragraph 1(sa), the specified features are—\n(a) a serrated cutting edge (other than a serrated cutting edge of up to 2 inches next to the handle);\n(b) more than one hole in the blade;\n(c) spikes;\n(d) more than two sharp points in the blade (other than a sharp point of a kind specified in sub-paragraph (2)).\n(2) The kinds of sharp point mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) are—\n(a) a sharp point where the angle between the edges which create the point is an angle of at least 90 degrees (where there is a curved edge, the angle will be measured by reference to the tangent of the curve);\n(b) a sharp point on the cutting edge of the blade near the handle.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (S.) (29.9.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/483), art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 1A inserted (E.W.) (24.9.2024) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/583), arts. 1(2)(b), 2(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2019/17",
      "affecting_title": "Offensive Weapons Act 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2019/schedule/paragraph/1A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:54:39.146838+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."
}