Part 3: Sale and delivery of knives Section 34: Sale etc of bladed articles to persons under 18
Section 34 amends section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ("the CJA") and the equivalent Northern Ireland legislation. Section 141A(1) of the CJA provides that it is an offence in England and Wales to sell knives and certain articles with a blade or sharp point to persons under the age of 18
	The amendment has the effect of prohibiting the sale of all offensive weapons under section 141 (weapons such as knuckledusters, swordsticks and handclaws) to a person under 18 by removing the exemption for section 141 weapons from section 141A of the CJA, (and the equivalent Northern Ireland legislation).
	This closes a legal gap created by the defences to section 141 (such as for antique weapons, historical re-enactment and sporting activities) which would otherwise permit, in some circumstances, the sale of these particularly dangerous weapons to an under 18.
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.