Sale of knives: executive sanctions
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.
Opened
5 Nov 2024
Closed
11 Dec 2024
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Linked documents
- Open Consultation Knives and offensive weapons: personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces
- Open Consultation Knives and offensive weapons: personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces (Welsh accessible version)
- Analysis Consultation Options Assessment (accessible version)
- Analysis Consultation Options Assessment (Welsh accessible version)
- Government Response Knives and offensive weapons: personal liability measures on senior executives of online platforms or marketplaces: government response (accessible)
- Consultation Outcome Cyllyll ac arfau ymosodol: ymgynghoriad ar fesurau atebolrwydd personol ar uwch swyddogion gweithredol llwyfannau neu farchnadoedd ar-lein: Ymateb y Llywodraeth (accessible)
- Impact Assessment Introducing personal liability on senior UK based executives of online companies which fail to take action to remove illegal content relating to the sale of knives and other offensive weapons from their platforms: equality impact assessment
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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.