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Paragraph 1B F1F2

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(iv), a spine is blunt if it is not adapted to cutting.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(v)—

(a)

a sword has a tanto style point if—

(i)

the angle between its primary straight cutting edge and its secondary straight cutting edge is greater than 90 degrees, and

(ii)

the angle between its secondary straight cutting edge and its spine is less than 90 degrees;

(b)

a sword has a reversed tanto style point if—

(i)

the angle between its primary straight cutting edge and its secondary straight cutting edge is less than 90 degrees, and

(ii)

the angle between its secondary straight cutting edge and its spine is greater than 90 degrees.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph 1(u)(ii) and (iii) and this paragraph—

(a)

a primary straight cutting edge is the longest cutting edge of a blade which immediately connects to the handle;

(b)

a secondary straight cutting edge is a cutting edge—

(i)

which forms an angle with the primary straight cutting edge and the spine, and

(ii)

is no more than F3105% longer F4... than the width of the blade immediately after the handle.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Order revoked (S.) (29.9.2005) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/483), art. 3

F2

Sch. para. 1B inserted (E.W.) (1.8.2025) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/681), arts. 1(2)(b), 2(3)

F3

Word in Sch. para. 1B(3)(b)(ii) substituted (16.7.2026) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/836), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a)

F4

Words in Sch. para. 1B(3)(b)(ii) omitted (16.7.2026) by virtue of The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026 (S.I. 2026/836), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(b)