218.The Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 provides for the following offences:
carrying an offensive weapon in a public place (section 47);
possessing an article with a blade or point in a public place (section 49);
possessing an article with a blade or point (or weapons) on school premises (section 49A);
having an offensive weapon etc. in prison (section 49C).
219.Section 84 of the Act increases the maximum penalty for each of those offences from 4 to 5 years.