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Section 141A Sale of knives and certain articles with blade or point to persons under sixteen.F5E1

England and Wales

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

C1(1)

Any person who sells to a person under the age of F1eighteen years an article to which this section applies shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3) below, this section applies to—

(a)

any knife, knife blade or razor blade,

(b)

any axe, and

(c)

any other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person.

(3)

This section does not apply to any article described in—

(a)

section 1 of the M1 Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959, F2or

F3(b)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)

an order made by the Secretary of State under this section.

(4)

F4Subject to section 141B, it shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (1) above to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid the commission of the offence.

(5)

The power to make an order under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Word in s. 141A(1) substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38), ss. 43(2), 66(2); S.I. 2007/2180, art. 3(j)

F2

Word in s. 141A(3)(a) inserted (1.1.2022 for S., 6.4.2022 for E.W.) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 34(1)(a), 70(1)(2); S.S.I. 2020/410, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F3

S. 141A(3)(b) and word omitted (1.1.2022 for S., 6.4.2022 for E.W.) by virtue of Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 34(1)(b), 70(1)(2); S.S.I. 2020/410, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F4

Words in s. 141A(4) substituted (E.W.) (6.4.2022) by Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17), ss. 35(2), 70(1); S.I. 2022/418, reg. 2(b) (with reg. 3)

F5

S. 141A inserted (1.1.1997) by 1996 c. 26, s. 6(1)(3); S.I. 1996/3063, art.2

Marginal citations

M1

1959 c. 37.

Modifications

C1

S. 141A(1) excluded (1.1.1997) by S.I. 1996/3064, art.2

Extent

E1

This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only