{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2026/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2026/note.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2026/9780348284058",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2026",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order amends the description of the weapon sometimes known as a “ninja sword” which is a prohibited weapon listed at paragraph 1(u) of the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/2019).\nArticle 2(2) amends the description of the secondary straight cutting edge so that its length is no more than 105% longer than the width of the blade immediately after the handle as illustrated in the diagram below.\nIllustration\nA full Impact Assessment has not been prepared as this amendment makes a minor correction to the legal description of a ninja sword and aligns the legislation with the policy intent. Although the revised legal definition amends the description in the original instrument, it does not change any of the impacts assessed in the original 2025 Impact Assessment, and therefore assessed impacts remain unchanged.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2026/9780348284058/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:37:14.019651+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."
}