Seen this plz move if in wrong bit.
Well I thought this was blatantly obvious,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-11600318
Grapefruit cutter ruled 'a knife' by high court judge
A grapefruit knife is "a knife" in the eyes of the law and cannot be sold to under-18s, a judge has ruled.
Royal warrant store WJ Daniel & Co, in Windsor, was prosecuted by trading standards after a teenager bought one.
Magistrates in Bracknell, Berkshire, had decided the eight-and-a-half inch instrument, designed to scoop out flesh, was a "food preparation gadget".
But the High Court ruled it was a knife and ordered the decision to be quashed and for the case to be sent back.
The test case was brought to court by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead trading standards officers seeking a change in the law.
They said if the decision had stood it would have meant young people with malicious intent could have legally bought sharp-bladed kitchen implements.
'A gadget'
The company had been prosecuted under the 1988 Criminal Justice Act, as amended by the 1996 Offensive Weapons Act.
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The £2.99 knife, which has a four-inch long pointed blade serrated on both sides and curved at the end, was sold to a 15-year-old in February 2009, during an undercover investigation.
The 1988 Act gives no definition of what is a knife, and three magistrates ruled the grapefruit knife was not a knife under the legislation.
When the case went to court in November, magistrates stated it had a curved blade, making it distinct from a flat-bladed knife, was designed for a single use and was described in the suppliers' marketing material as "a gadget".
Overturning the decision, Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen's Bench Division, ruled: "An article designed for a single use may well be a knife, and some articles that curve may be knives.
"The suppliers' understanding is not determinative."
The justices will now have to decide whether the store is entitled to rely on the defence that it took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.
Steve Johnson, trading standards and licensing manager for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, welcomed the decision.
"It would have set a dangerous precedent," he said.
Well I thought this was blatantly obvious,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-11600318
Grapefruit cutter ruled 'a knife' by high court judge
A grapefruit knife is "a knife" in the eyes of the law and cannot be sold to under-18s, a judge has ruled.
Royal warrant store WJ Daniel & Co, in Windsor, was prosecuted by trading standards after a teenager bought one.
Magistrates in Bracknell, Berkshire, had decided the eight-and-a-half inch instrument, designed to scoop out flesh, was a "food preparation gadget".
But the High Court ruled it was a knife and ordered the decision to be quashed and for the case to be sent back.
The test case was brought to court by Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead trading standards officers seeking a change in the law.
They said if the decision had stood it would have meant young people with malicious intent could have legally bought sharp-bladed kitchen implements.
'A gadget'
The company had been prosecuted under the 1988 Criminal Justice Act, as amended by the 1996 Offensive Weapons Act.
Continue reading the main story
Start Quote
It would have set a dangerous precedent
End Quote Steve Johnson Trading standards manager
The £2.99 knife, which has a four-inch long pointed blade serrated on both sides and curved at the end, was sold to a 15-year-old in February 2009, during an undercover investigation.
The 1988 Act gives no definition of what is a knife, and three magistrates ruled the grapefruit knife was not a knife under the legislation.
When the case went to court in November, magistrates stated it had a curved blade, making it distinct from a flat-bladed knife, was designed for a single use and was described in the suppliers' marketing material as "a gadget".
Overturning the decision, Sir Anthony May, President of the Queen's Bench Division, ruled: "An article designed for a single use may well be a knife, and some articles that curve may be knives.
"The suppliers' understanding is not determinative."
The justices will now have to decide whether the store is entitled to rely on the defence that it took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.
Steve Johnson, trading standards and licensing manager for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, welcomed the decision.
"It would have set a dangerous precedent," he said.
What's next ?? Tattie peelers ?? 
