Dave Page (dpage@dial.pipex.com)
Fri, 3 Dec 1999 14:20:35 -0000
-----Original Message-----
From: Kirsty Pollock <kirsty.pollock@mpuk.com>
To: 'histrenact@novar.co.uk' <histrenact@novar.co.uk>
Date: 03 December 1999 09:39
Subject: RE: [Histrenact] - Knives in public
>You can carry a dirk in your sock if you are in Highland dress. I don't
know
>whether it comes under the size restrictions or whether it can be as long
as
>yr shin is (which could be pretty impressive). Anybody know???
no, you can carry a dirk quite happily and have a defence. There are four
defences to carrying a bladed or sharply pointed article (s139(1)CJA1988),
and these are:
(1) carried with good reason or lawful authority
(2) For use at work
(3) For religious reasons
(4) As part of any national costume.
So if you are carrying a dirk, you have to have the rest of the clothing on
as well. Having stuck down your belt on a Friday night in a pub in Glasgow
and claiming its national dress isn't really acceptable (though in some
parts of Glasgow I'd of thought it was national dress.... I'm going to get
flamed for that!)
Cheers
Dave Page
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