{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-1996/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-1996/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/26",
  "legislation_title": "Offensive Weapons Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-1996",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Arrest without warrant for offences of carrying offensive weapons etc.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) In section 50(3) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (arrest without warrant), after “section 49(1)” there is inserted “ or section 49A(1) or (2) ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1) repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(8), Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(u)(xxxix)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/26/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:06.388366+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."
}