The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996

• Citation: S.I. 1996/3064
• Sections: 2

Section 1

This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Exemption) Order 1996 and shall come into force on 1st January 1997.

Section 2

Section 141A(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (sale of knives or certain articles with blade or point to persons under sixteen) shall not apply to —

(a) a folding pocket-knife if the cutting edge of its blade does not exceed 7.62 centimetres (3 inches).

(b) razor blades permanently enclosed in a cartridge or housing where less than 2 millimetres of any blade is exposed beyond the plane which intersects the highest point of the surfaces preceding and following such blades.