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Offences Concerning ‘Realistic Imitation Firearms’

Weapons – Common Principles

What constitutes a public place?

Offences in section order

CJA 1988 s 139

Bladed Article

CJA 1988 s 139A

Bladed Article or Offensive Weapon on School Premises

CJA 1988 s 139AA

Threatening with Offensive Weapon, Article with Blade/Point, Public or School Premises

Crossbows Act 1987 s 1, ss 2–3

Crossbows

Prevention of Crime Act 1953 s 1

Offensive Weapon

Knives Act 1997 s 1, s 2

Unlawful Marketing of Knives

Prevention of Crime Act 1953 s 1A

Threatening with Offensive Weapon in Public

Offensive Weapons Act 2019 s 6

Offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place

Offensive Weapons Act 2019 s 52

Offence of threatening with an offensive weapon etc in a private place

Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 s 28

Minding a ‘Dangerous Weapon’

s 141A

Sale of knives and certain articles with blade or point to persons under 18