Knives and the Law
Manufacture/sell/hire ‘Flick Knife’ or ‘Flick Gun’.
It is an offence for a person to manufacture, sell, hire or offer for sale or hire or expose or have in his possession for the purpose of sale or hire,
or lend or give to any person:
A) any knife which has a blade which opens automatically by hand pressure applied to a button, spring or other device in or attached to the handle of the knife,
sometimes know as a ‘flick knife’ or ‘flick gun’; or
B) any knife which has a blade which is released from the handle or sheath thereof by the force of gravity or the application of centrifugal force and which, when
released, is locked in place by means of a button, spring, lever, or other device, sometimes known as a ‘gravity knife’.
Import
It is an offence to import any knife as described in s.1(1) and sometimes known as a ‘flick knife’ or ‘flick gun’ and ‘gravity knife’.
Public Place:
It is an offence for any person, without lawful authority or good reason, to have with him in a public place, any article which has a blade or is
sharply pointed except for a folding pocket-knife, such as the
Jack
Pyke Knives or
Victorinox Swiss Army Knives, which has a cutting edge to its blade not exceeding 3 inches (7.62cm).
School Premises:
It is an offence for any person, without lawful authority or good reason, to have with him on school premises any article to which s.139 applies.
Sell to under 16:
It is an offence for any person to sell to a person under the age of 16 any knife, knife blade, razor blade, axe or any other article which has a
blade or is sharply pointed and which is made or adapted for causing injury to the person.
