{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-84",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-84.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/84",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "84",
  "heading": "Maximum term for weapons offences",
  "text": "(1) The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(b) of section 47 (prohibition of the carrying of offensive weapons), for the word “four” there is substituted “ 5 ”.\n(3) In subsection (1)(b) of section 49 (offence of having in public place article with blade or point), for the word “four” there is substituted “ 5 ”.\n(4) In subsection (5) of section 49A (offence of having article with blade or point (or offensive weapon) on school premises)—\n(a) in paragraph (a)(ii), for the word “four” there is substituted “ 5 ”,\n(b) in paragraph (b)(ii), for the word “four” there is substituted “ 5 ”.\n(5) In subsection (6)(b) of section 49C (offence of having offensive weapon etc. in prison), for the word “4” there is substituted “ 5 ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 84 in force at 10.3.2016 by S.S.I. 2016/95, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/1/section/84",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:41.878642+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."
}