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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-act-1997/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-act-1997/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/21",
  "legislation_title": "Knives Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knives-act-1997",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Interpretation.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“the court” means—\n(a)in relation to England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the Crown Court or a magistrate’s court;\n(b)in relation to Scotland, the sheriff;\n“knife” means an instrument which has a blade or is sharply pointed;\n“marketing” and related expressions are to be read with section 1(4);\n“publication” includes a publication in electronic form and, in the case of a publication which is, or may be, produced from electronic data, any medium on which the data are stored;\n“suitable for combat” means suitable for use as a weapon for inflicting injury on a person or causing a person to fear injury;\n“violent behaviour” means an unlawful act inflicting injury on a person or causing a person to fear injury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/21/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:27:20.162617+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}