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<p>Clause 17 of the Offensive Weapons Bill provides the definition of “bladed product”
for the prohibition on the delivery of knives and other bladed items to residential
addresses under Clause 15 of the Bill. A “bladed product” is an article which is,
or has, a blade and is capable of causing serious injury to a person which involves
cutting that person’s skin. If ordered online, and meeting the definition of “bladed
product”, then these articles would need to be collected from a place where age verification
can take place, either by the purchaser or their representative.</p><p>Specialist
tools may be exempted from the prohibition on the delivery to a residential address
dependant on the specific item in question.</p><p>The Bill provides a number of defences
around the prohibition of delivery of bladed items to a residential address. For example,
deliveries to business premises, including where a business is run from home, would
not be affected by the prohibition. Other items that would be exempt from the prohibition
would include encased razor blades, knives with a blade of less than 3 inches, knives
that cannot cause serious injury, for example table knives and bladed products designed
or manufactured to specifications from the buyer such as bespoke knives.</p>
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