{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/38",
  "legislation_title": "Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Increase of maximum sentences for offences of having knives etc.",
  "text": "(1) In each of the following provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33), for “two” substitute “ four ”\n(a) section 139(6)(b) (maximum penalty for offence of having knife etc. in public place);\n(b) section 139A(5)(a)(ii) (maximum penalty for offence of having knife etc. or offensive weapon on school premises).\n(2) This section applies only to offences committed after the commencement of this section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 12.2.2007 by S.I. 2007/74, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:02.750793+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."
}