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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-4",
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  "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/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) It shall be a defence for a person charged—\n(a) with an offence under section 141(1) or (1A) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988; or\n(b) with an offence under section 50(2) or (3) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979,\nin respect of any conduct of his relating to a weapon to which section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies by virtue of paragraph 1(r) or (u) to show that his conduct was for the purpose only of making the weapon available for the purposes of the organisation and holding of a permitted activity for which public liability insurance is held in relation to liabilities to third parties arising from or in connection with the organisation and holding of such an activity.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under section 141(1A) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 in respect of any conduct of that person relating to a weapon to which section 141 of that Act applies by virtue of paragraph 1(r) or (u) to show that the person's conduct was for the purpose only of participating in a permitted activity of a kind mentioned in sub-paragraph (1).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. paras. 3-6 inserted (E.W.N.I.) (6.4.2008) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons)(Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/973), arts. 1(1), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4 renumbered as Sch. para. 4(1) (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(6)(a) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 4(1)(a) inserted (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(6)(b) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 4 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(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. para. 4(2) inserted (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(6)(c) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2019/17",
      "affecting_title": "Offensive Weapons Act 2019"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2019/schedule/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}