http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/17/section/39/enactedOffensive Weapons Act 2019enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2019-05-20
PART 3Sale and delivery of knives <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation>Delivery of bladed products to persons under 18
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1
This section applies if—
a
a person (“the seller”) sells a bladed product to another person (“the buyer”),
b
the seller and the buyer are not in each other’s presence at the time of the sale and the seller is within the United Kingdom at that time,
c
before the sale, the seller entered into an arrangement with a person who is a body corporate by which the person agreed to deliver bladed products for the seller,
d
that person was aware when they entered into the arrangement that it covered the delivery of bladed products, and
e
that person delivers the bladed product to residential premises pursuant to that arrangement.
2
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) a person (“A”) is not in the presence of another person (“B”) at any time if—
a
where A is an individual, A or a person acting on behalf of A is not in the presence of B at that time;
b
where A is not an individual, a person acting on behalf of A is not in the presence of B at that time.
3
For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) a person other than an individual is within the United Kingdom at any time if the person carries on a business of selling articles of any kind from premises in any part of the United Kingdom at that time.
4
In subsection (1)(e) “residential premises” means premises used solely for residential purposes.
5
The circumstances where premises are not residential premises for the purposes of subsection (1)(e) include, in particular, where a person carries on a business from the premises.
6
The person mentioned in subsection (1)(e) commits an offence if, when they deliver the bladed product, they do not deliver it into the hands of a person aged 18 or over.
7
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (6) is liable—
a
on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;
b
on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.
8
This section is subject to section 40 (defences).