Summary Offences Act 1988 Summary Offences (General) Amendment (Exempt Knives) Regulation 1998 (1998-235) [GG No 73 of 1.5.1998, p 3080] (NSW)

1998 No 235

New South Wales

Summary Offences (General) Amendment (Exempt Knives) Regulation 1998

under the

Summary Offences Act 1988

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Summary Offences Act 1988.

J W Shaw

Attorney General

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to exempt plastic knives that are designed for eating purposes from the operation of section 10AB of the Summary Offences Act 1988. That section makes it an offence for a person to sell a knife or knife blade to a child under the age of 16 years.

This Regulation is made under the Summary Offences Act 1988, including sections 10AB and 35 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 73 of 1 May 1998, page 3080 Page 1

1998 No 235

Clause 1 Summary Offences (General) Amendment (Exempt Knives) Regulation 1998

Summary Offences (General) Amendment

(Exempt Knives) Regulation 1998

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Summary Offences (General) Amendment

(Exempt Knives) Regulation 1998.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 May 1998.

3 Amendment of Summary Offences (General) Regulation 1995

The Summary Offences (General) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out i n Schedule 1 .

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 3)

Clause 11A

Insert after clause II:

11A Exempt knives

Section 10AB of the Act does not apply to plastic knives that are designed for eating purposes.