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Consultation outcome: Offensive Weapons Act 2019: draft statutory guidance

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July 26
16:07 2022

Government response to the consultation on Offensive Weapons Act 2019: draft statutory guidance

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Government response to the consultation on Offensive Weapons Act 2019: draft statutory guidance (Welsh)

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Detail of outcome

The government published draft statutory guidance for consultation on 15 August 2019 which related to the sale and delivery of corrosive products, possession of corrosive substances in public, sale and delivery of knives, possession of certain offensive weapons, threatening with offensive weapons and enforcement as provided for by the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.

We received 76 separate responses from a variety of organisations and individuals.

The government would like to thank all those who responded and contributed to the development of the guidance. Following detailed consideration of the responses, the governments final draft of the guidance on the provisions within the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 is published alongside the consultation response.

It has been published as final draft guidance because it can only be published as statutory guidance once section 66 of the 2019 Act is co

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