Should Knives Be Sent Through The Post With No Checks?

[youngmafbog]

Just bought a hooked lead knife 5" blade which is very sharp and also heavy so it could inflict a lot of damage in the wrong hands.

My problem though is it came just posted through the door, no signing, no checking to ensure I was at least 18. Is this right? It wasn't labelled either

[237SJ]

No its not right. Maybe complain to the company you bought it from

[jno]

seemingly not

https://blubolt.com/insights/selling-knives-online-age-verification-the-law

[Buenchico]

It's an offence to arrange for the delivery of a bladed item to residential premises.
[s.38(2), Offensive Weapons Act 2019)]

However . .
"It is a defence for a person (“the seller”) charged with an offence under section 38(2) of delivering a bladed product to residential premises to prove that—

(a) at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed, the seller had procedures in place which were likely to ensure that any bladed product delivered by the seller to residential premises would be delivered into the hands of a person aged 18 or over, and

(b) the seller took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to ensure that the product to which the charge relates would be delivered into the hands of a person aged 18 or over"
[s.40(3), ibid]

https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/17/part/3/enacted

So, in your case, the seller was obliged to ensure that the chosen delivery method required age verification on the doorstep.

[youngmafbog]

Thats what I thought.

Thanks for all your replies all.