Knives Act 1997

Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Knives Act 1997

Summary

Knives Act 1997 is a Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[1].

Key Facts

  • Knives Act 1997 is in the country of United Kingdom[2].
  • Knives Act 1997's instance of is recorded as Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[3].
  • Knives Act 1997's language of work or name is recorded as English[4].
  • Knives Act 1997's legislated by is recorded as Parliament of the United Kingdom[5].
  • Knives Act 1997's publication date is recorded as +1997-00-00T00:00:00Z[6].
  • Knives Act 1997's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/21/contents[7].
  • Knives Act 1997's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[8].
  • Knives Act 1997's legal citation of this text is recorded as 1997 c. 21[9].
  • Knives Act 1997's official name is recorded as An Act to create new criminal offences in relation to the possession or marketing of, and publications relating to, knives; to confer powers on the police to stop and search people or vehicles for knives and other offensive weapons and to seize items found; and for connected purposes.[10].
  • Knives Act 1997's short name is recorded as Knives Act 1997[11].
  • Knives Act 1997's parliamentary term is recorded as 5th session of the 51st Parliament of the United Kingdom[12].
  • Knives Act 1997's legislation.gov.uk ID is recorded as ukpga/1997/21[13].
  • Knives Act 1997's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 383737[14].
  • Knives Act 1997's UK Parliament ID is recorded as PyGuABL8[15].
  • Knives Act 1997's date of promulgation is recorded as +1997-03-19T00:00:00Z[16].

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  12. [13] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  15. [16] . Knives Act 1997. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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