
2022 No. 150 (C. 9)
Criminal Law
The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2022
Made 27th April 2022
Laid before the Scottish Parliament 29th April 2022
Coming into force 28th June 2022
The Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 70(2) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.
Citation and commencement
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) (Scotland) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 28 June 2022.
Appointed day
2 
28 June 2022 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019—
(a) section 6 (offence of having a corrosive substance in a public place),
(b) section 38 (delivery of bladed products to residential premises etc),
(c) section 39 (delivery of bladed products to persons under 18),
(d) section 40 (defences to offence under section 38 or 39),
(e) section 41 (meaning of “bladed product” in sections 38 to 40),
(f) section 42 (delivery of bladed articles to persons under 18),
(g) section 46(1) (prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons) in so far as it relates to subsection (15),
(h) section 47(11), (12) and (14) in so far as it relates to subsection (12) (prohibition on the possession of offensive weapons: supplementary).
KEITH BROWN
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
27th April 2022