{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-order-1988/schedule/paragraph-5A",
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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/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "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 (sa) to show that his conduct was for the purpose only of making the weapon available for the purposes of use in religious ceremonies for religious reasons.\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 a weapon to which section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 applies by virtue of paragraph 1(r) or (sa) to show that the person possessed the weapon for religious reasons only.",
  "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. 5A inserted (1.8.2008) by The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2039), arts. 1(1), 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5A renumbered as Sch. para. 5A(1) (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(7)(a) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5A(1)(a) inserted (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(7)(b)(i) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5A 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(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. para. 5A(1) substituted (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(7)(b)(ii) (with s. 47(10)); S.I. 2021/819, reg. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. para. 5A(2) inserted (14.7.2021 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), s. 47(7)(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"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2019/schedule/paragraph/5A",
    "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."
}