Is it true that the majority of secateurs have a rounded tip and thus aren't particularly sharp? I'm from the UK and it seems you don't have to be 18 to buy secateurs unlike some scissors? I'm just curious.
Cheers
The law says:
Section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence to sell or let or hire to a person under 18 years:
any knife, knife blade or razor blade
any axe
any
other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which
is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person
Both scissors and bladed gardening tools are covered by the legislation and would be subject to appropriate age checks before sale. The law doesn't recognise a sharp point as defining a blade so any tool with a cutting edge is covered by the above. Similarly it's also an offense to carry bladed articles in public (subject to some exemptions) so you can be arrested for having scissors or secateurs without good reason. You can thank scaremongering institutions like The Daily Mail for landing us with that.
Is it true that the majority of secateurs have a rounded tip and thus aren't particularly sharp? I'm from the UK and it seems you don't have to be 18 to buy secateurs unlike some scissors? I'm just curious.
Cheers
The law says:
Section 141A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 makes it an offence to sell or let or hire to a person under 18 years:
any knife, knife blade or razor blade
any axe
any
other article which has a blade or which is sharply pointed and which
is made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person
Both scissors and bladed gardening tools are covered by the legislation and would be subject to appropriate age checks before sale. The law doesn't recognise a sharp point as defining a blade so any tool with a cutting edge is covered by the above. Similarly it's also an offense to carry bladed articles in public (subject to some exemptions) so you can be arrested for having scissors or secateurs without good reason. You can thank scaremongering institutions like The Daily Mail for landing us with that.
I was challenged about my age when I bought a packet of plastic knives, I am 62 years old next week. I was, also, quite chuffed.
Check Wolf and Felco models on Amazon. My store sells them both without any restrictions.
You mean through 3rd party sellers? You might want to read the listing guidelines for sellers but Amazon etc are usually keen to put the onus for age checks onto the seller and not themselves as the marketplace. Sellers are supposed to use age verification delivery services as a minimum and I think those work on a challenge 25 basis. A few years ago a minor bought a knife on Amazon and used it to kill someone so you can imagine they now try and keep on the right side of the law, although with as minimal effort as possible admittedly.
What store do you work for? I can probably arrange a trading standards sting if you're interested?
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
Check Wolf and Felco models on Amazon. My store sells them both without any restrictions.
You mean through 3rd party sellers? You might want to read the listing guidelines for sellers but Amazon etc are usually keen to put the onus for age checks onto the seller and not themselves as the marketplace. Sellers are supposed to use age verification delivery services as a minimum and I think those work on a challenge 25 basis. A few years ago a minor bought a knife on Amazon and used it to kill someone so you can imagine they now try and keep on the right side of the law, although with as minimal effort as possible admittedly.
What store do you work for? I can probably arrange a trading standards sting if you're interested?
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Have to say that most "health and safety" is common sense, a commodity in which you seem to be lacking.
in my underpants.