1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to Scotland and, in so far as it extends beyond Scotland, it does so only as a matter of Scots law.
2. After paragraph 1(n) of the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988(1) insert–
“(o)a disguised knife, that is any knife which has a concealed blade or concealed sharp point and is designed to appear to be an everyday object of a kind commonly carried on the person or in a handbag, briefcase, or other hand luggage (such as a comb, brush, writing instrument, cigarette lighter, key, lipstick or telephone).”.
JAMES WALLACE
A member of the Scottish Executive
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
21st June 2002