46 Prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons
Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (2019 c 17) | Legislation

46  Prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons

(1)     Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (offensive weapons) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (16).

(2)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     Any person who possesses a weapon to which this section applies in private is guilty of an offence and liable—

(a)     on summary conviction in England and Wales, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, to a fine or to both;

(b)     on summary conviction in Scotland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to both;

(c)     on summary conviction in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both;

(d)     on conviction on indictment in Northern Ireland, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 4 years, to a fine or to both.

(1B)     In relation to an offence committed before the coming into force of section 281(5) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003, subsection (1A)(a) has effect as if the reference to 51 weeks were to 6 months.

(1C)     For the purposes of subsection

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