Open consultation

Sale of knives: executive sanctions

From:
Home Office
Published
13 November 2024
Last updated
1415 November 2024 — See all updates

Summary

The government is consulting on proposals which would make senior executives of tech companies personally liable when the rules on the sale of knives are broken.

This consultation closes at

Consultation description

This consultation forms part of the wider package of measures including a ban on ninja swords.

This consultation will be running in parallel with the Prohibiting ninja swords – legal description and defences consultation.

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Documents

Knives and offensive weapons: personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces

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Knives and offensive weapons: personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces (Welsh version)

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Consultation Options Assessment

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Consultation Options Assessment (Welsh version)

PDF, 270 KB, 14 pages

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Ways to respond

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Email to:

personal-liability-online-execs-consultation@homeoffice.gov.uk

Write to:

Firearms and Weapons Policy Unit
5th floor, Fry Building
Home Office
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF

Updates to this page

Published 13 November 2024
Last updated 1415 November 2024 + show all updates

  1. Addition of Welsh version of consultation document.

  2. Welsh version of Consultation Options Assessment added.

  3. First published.

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