{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-52",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011/section-52.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2011/24",
  "legislation_title": "Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/justice-act-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Penalty for certain knife offences",
  "text": "In section 139A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (having knife etc. on school premises) for subsections (5) and (6) substitute—\n“(5) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall be liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(6) In this section and section 139B “school premises” means land used for the purposes of a school, excluding any land occupied solely as a dwelling by a person employed at the school; and “school” has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Education and Libraries (Northern Ireland) Order 1986.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2011/24/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:43.017346+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."
}