Part 4: Possession etc of certain offensive weapons Section 43: Amendments to the definition of "flick knife"
Subsection (1) of section 43 amends the definition of a "flick knife" in section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959 (penalties for offences in connection with dangerous weapons) to include any knife that opens automatically from a closed position, or partially opened position to a fully opened position, by means of any manual pressure that is applied to a button, spring or other device which is contained either within the knife or is attached to the knife.
	Subsection (2) makes corresponding amendment to the definition of a flick knife contained within Article 53 of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (manufacture or sale etc of certain knives).
	This section forms part of the law of the United Kingdom.