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The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The act addresses crimes related to acid attacks (including the sale and possession in public places of corrosive substances); knife crime prevention orders; the sale of, delivery and possession of knives and other offensive weapons; and introduced further restrictions on firearms. [2]
Under this Act, the carrying or possession of offensive weapon in public places without lawful authority or lawful purpose is criminalised under section 6(1) of the Act. Anyone found guilty under this section is punishable with a minimum of 5 years to a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment and may also be subjected to whipping .
The weapons this section applies to relate to are listed under Schedule 1 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988. [11] Exemptions are provided for weapons over 100 years old from the time of the offence [ 12 ] as well as crossbows and anything under the Firearms Act 1968 . [ 9 ]
At the Bill stage, the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 proposed to amend Section 5 (Prohibited Weapons) of the 1968 act with three new classes: Bump stocks . "Rapid firing" MARS and lever-release rifles (not to be confused with lever action rifles, which remain legal).
The Prevention of Crime Act 1953 prohibits the possession in any public place of an offensive weapon without lawful authority or reasonable excuse. [82] The term "offensive weapon" is defined as: "any article made or adapted for use to causing injury to the person, or intended by the person having it with him for such use".
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