http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/483/article/3The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Scotland) Order 2005Offensive weaponsLegislationCRIMINAL LAWStatute Law Database2025-10-13Expert Participation2023-03-27 Section 141(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (“the 1988 Act”) provides that any person who manufactures, sells or hires, or offers for sale or hire, exposes or has in his or her 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 and liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or both. The import of any such weapon is prohibited by section 141(4) of the 1988 Act. 3 The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Order 1988 and the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) Amendment (Scotland) Order 2002 are hereby revoked. S.I. 1988/2019. S.S.I. 2002/323. Art. 3 in force at 29.9.2005, see art. 1(1)