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The laws on selling, buying and carrying a knife or weapon depend on the type of knife or weapon, your age and your circumstances.
Product Safety Alert for angle grinder toothed saw blade attachments presenting a risk of serious injury or fatality. Consumers, local authority trading standards and businesses are asked to take specific action to cease use or remove them from the market.
Product Safety Report for Vevor Saw Blade Grinder Sharpener JMY8-70 presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
Product Safety Report for Reid Works / Blade Machinery CNC Lathes presenting a risk of injuries.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Check the tariff classification for spare blades of a glass scraper.
You need a licence in Scotland if you want to deal in knives, swords or weapons with blades or sharp points
If you're a company, find out if you can claim the super-deduction or special rate first year (SR) allowance on plant or machinery costs.
Trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife and offensive weapon offences.
Detention services order 10/2012 about removing hidden blades from detainees.
Statistical release on trends in cautioning and sentencing of knife or offensive weapon possession offences from July to September 2014.
Product Safety Report for Long Wei hot air gun presenting a serious risk of electric shock.
Loss of control during landing, Long Marston Airfield, Warwickshire, 22 May 2016
Hand luggage restrictions at UK airports - carry-on luggage, checked-in baggage, restricted items and liquids, electronic devices carried from Turkey, Lebanon, Egypt and Saudi Arabia
Product Recall for Vevor Round Knife Cutter, RS-90B, Fabric Cutting Machine presenting a high risk of injuries.
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