Schedules Schedule 1: Section 1: Exceptions Detention of child for specified period
Paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 ("the 2019 Act") extends the category of offences for which a sentence can be imposed by section 91 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 to certain offences under the Firearms Act 1968. Paragraph 8 of Schedule 2 to the 2019 Act provides that this extension will only apply to offences committed after paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the 2019 Act comes into force. These provisions in Schedule 2 to the 2019 Act are not yet in force.
	The exception in paragraph 18 will ensure that if regulations are made to commence paragraphs 7 and 8 of Schedule 2 to the 2019 Act, an offender is not subject to the extended category of offences for offences committed before the date paragraph 7 is brought into force.