This thursday
The change shouldn't affect us, it is the so-called 'zombie knife' legislation.
Link to actual legislation here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/803/article/2/made
Text of the amendment below.
Note the 'AND' in the list. The amendment is to block import and sale of 'sharpened objects' (I'd hesitate to call them 'knives') that glamourise violence. I don't think anyone here has a problem with the intention.
Re-enactment people will have to be careful. Although the legislation is not aimed at them, something like, say, a naval cutlass with a serrated edge would match the description above.
The change shouldn't affect us, it is the so-called 'zombie knife' legislation.
Link to actual legislation here:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/803/article/2/made
Text of the amendment below.
[h=2]Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988[/h]2.(1) The Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988(1) (which specifies offensive weapons for the purposes of section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988) is amended as follows.(2) In paragraph 1, after sub-paragraph (r) insert(s)the weapon sometimes known as a zombie knife, zombie killer knife or zombie slayer knife, being a blade with
(i)a cutting edge;
(ii)a serrated edge; and
(iii)images or words (whether on the blade or handle) that suggest that it is to be used for the purpose of violence..
Note the 'AND' in the list. The amendment is to block import and sale of 'sharpened objects' (I'd hesitate to call them 'knives') that glamourise violence. I don't think anyone here has a problem with the intention.
Re-enactment people will have to be careful. Although the legislation is not aimed at them, something like, say, a naval cutlass with a serrated edge would match the description above.