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10 Mar 2025, 4:50 p.m. - House of Commons "the sale of Offensive Weapons Act but rolling the claimant review will also bring forward amendments to the bill in this House to introduce " Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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10 Mar 2025, 4:52 p.m. - House of Commons "online platforms that failed to take action on illegal content containing knives and Offensive Weapons Act and will introduce requirement for sellers to notify bulk or suspicious " Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Pontefract, Castleford and Knottingley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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28 Apr 2025, 9:24 p.m. - House of Commons "bring Offensive Weapons Act onto the " Chris Bloore MP (Redditch, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript |
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Wednesday 26th February 2025
Estimate memoranda - Ministry of Justice Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2024-25 Justice Committee Found: Home Office Nitrous Oxide Ban £1.500m Home Office Pre-Charge Bail £4.000m Home Office Offensive Weapons Act |
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Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025 Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (“section 141”) provides that any person who manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in that person’s possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person, a weapon to which that section applies shall be guilty of an offence. Home Office Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Thursday 27th March - In Force: Not stated Found: Section 141(12A) is inserted by section 46(15) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). (2)Inserted |
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Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25 - CBP-10213
Mar. 06 2025 Found: Criminal Justice Act 1988; section 141A, Criminal Justice Act 1988; section 1, Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act |
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May. 06 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 6 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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May. 02 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 2 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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May. 01 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 1 May 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 30 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 30 April 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 29 2025
Public Bill Committee Amendments as at 29 April 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 29 2025
Letter to the Committee from Rt Hon Dame Diana Johnson DBE MP, Minister of State for Policing and Crime Prevention relating to details of a final tranche of Government amendments which were tabled on 24 April (CPB88) Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Written evidence Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 28 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 28 April 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 25 2025
Notices of Amendments as at 25 April 2025 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Delivery of knives etc (1) The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is amended |
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Apr. 24 2025
Written evidence submitted by Mr R E Flook (CPB75) Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Written evidence Found: Inputs have also been made to previous legislation such as the Offensive Weapons Act. 2. |
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Apr. 24 2025
Written evidence submitted by John Pidgeon (CPB63) Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Written evidence Found: Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 16. |
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Apr. 01 2025
Written evidence submitted by JUSTICE (CPB21) Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Written evidence Found: We therefore urge the Bill Committee to amend the Bill as follows: 14 See Offensive Weapons Act 2019 |
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Mar. 06 2025
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-25 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Briefing papers Found: Criminal Justice Act 1988; section 141A, Criminal Justice Act 1988; section 1, Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act |
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Feb. 25 2025
Bill 187 EN 2024-25 Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: sections 141 and 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act |
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Feb. 25 2025
Bill 187 2024-25 (as introduced) Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: ” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959— (a) in subsection (1) omit the |
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Feb. 25 2025
Bill 187 EN 2024-25 - large print Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Explanatory Notes Found: sections 141 and 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act |
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Feb. 25 2025
Bill 187 2024-25 (as introduced) - large print Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 Bill Found: ” (3) In section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959— (a) 10 in subsection (1) omit |
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Thursday 24th April 2025
Home Office Source Page: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 |
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Thursday 24th April 2025
Home Office Source Page: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 Document: (PDF) Found: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 |
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Thursday 24th April 2025
Home Office Source Page: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 Document: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 (webpage) Found: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 Section 31 grant to Trading Standards: 2024 to 2025 |
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Tuesday 1st April 2025
Home Office Source Page: Crime and Policing Bill 2025: Keeling Schedules Document: (PDF) Found: Index Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 – Section 1 P olice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 |
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Monday 24th March 2025
Home Office Source Page: Forensic Science Regulator code of practice Document: (PDF) Found: substance’ means anything listed (irrespective of their concentrations) in Schedule 1 of the Offensive Weapons Act |
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Monday 24th March 2025
Home Office Source Page: Forensic Science Regulator code of practice Document: (PDF) Found: substance’ means anything listed (irrespective of their concentrations) in Schedule 1 of the Offensive Weapons Act |
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Wednesday 19th February 2025
Home Office Source Page: Independent end-to-end review of online knife sales Document: (PDF) Found: Age Verification – Delivery The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (OWA) introduced strict guidance requiring |
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Wednesday 19th February 2025
Home Office Source Page: Independent end-to-end review of online knife sales Document: Independent end-to-end review of online knife sales (webpage) Found: Appendix B: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 PDF, 653 KB, 75 pages This file may not be suitable for users |
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Wednesday 19th February 2025
Home Office Source Page: Independent end-to-end review of online knife sales Document: (PDF) Found: Offensive Weapons Act 2019 CHAPTER 17 Explanatory Notes have been produced to assist in the understanding |
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Wednesday 19th February 2025
Home Office Source Page: Independent end-to-end review of online knife sales Document: (PDF) Found: by anyone, anywhere, provided they are compliant with the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Offensive Weapons Act |
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The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) (England and Wales) Order 2025 Section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c. 33) (“section 141”) provides that any person who manufactures, sells or hires or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in that person’s possession for the purpose of sale or hire, or lends or gives to any other person, a weapon to which that section applies shall be guilty of an offence. Home Office Found: Section 141(12A) is inserted by section 46(15) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). (2)Inserted |
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Tuesday 29th April 2025
Home Office Source Page: Knives and offensive weapons: consultation on personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces. Government response. 22p Document: Consultation_Response-Personal_Liability_Measures.pdf (PDF) Found: criminal offences under section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act |
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Tuesday 22nd April 2025
Safer Communities Directorate Source Page: Knife crime statistics: FOI release Document: FOI 202500457624 - Information Released - Annex (Excel) Found: implemented.NotesNote numberNote descriptionnote 1Introduced as a result of Part 4 of the Offensive Weapons Act |
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Tuesday 25th February 2025
Justice Directorate Safer Communities Directorate Source Page: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2024 Document: Recorded Crime in Scotland: year ending December 2024 (PDF) Found: 2021, which came into effect on 24 August 2021; • The enactment of various sections of the Offensive Weapons Act |
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Tuesday 17th December 2024
Safer Communities Directorate Justice Directorate Source Page: Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2022-23 Document: Criminal Proceedings in Scotland: 2022-23 (PDF) Found: under 12 can no longer be charged or arrested. 88 E.15 On 28th June 2022, Section 6 of the Offensive Weapons Act |