The homeowners of zombie knives and machetes will probably be paid at the very least £10 for every one they hand over to police.
The scheme goals to take deadly weapons off the streets after a spate of horrific deaths involving kids, paving the best way for more durable legal guidelines.
A Dwelling Workplace doc exhibits which weapons are eligible for money from August 26.
They usually have blades at the very least eight inches lengthy, a pointy level and embrace options resembling a serrated edge or spikes.
Eligible weapons had been labelled as a “Rambo-style knife” and a “zombie-style machete”.
Particulars – together with which police stations will settle for the weapons – will be discovered right here.
Compensation for knives handed in will probably be out there as much as September 23, earlier than new laws banning the weapons come into impact the subsequent day.
And the next worth could also be paid if the proprietor can show a weapon is value extra, resembling producing a purchase order receipt.
However the Dwelling Workplace has admitted it solely expects round 472 weapons to be handed over.
And the compensation paid out – anticipated to be about £14,000 – is dwarfed by the price of administering the scheme – £301,000.
The legal guidelines coming into drive subsequent month will see possession of a so-called “zombie knife” or related weapon carry a sentence of as much as 51 weeks in jail.
It comes after the current horrific deaths of three little ladies who had been attending a Taylor Swift-themed dance occasion in Southport.
Final 12 months, Mikey Roynon, 16, died after being stabbed within the neck with a zombie knife at a home celebration in Tub. A 16-year-old was convicted of homicide and two different boys, each 16, had been convicted of manslaughter.
Patrick Inexperienced, chief government of anti-knife crime charity the Ben Kinsella Belief, mentioned: “Machetes and zombie knives have been used for too lengthy as devices of violence, inflicting horrible accidents and spreading worry. The approaching ban will permit police to take away these weapons and those that carry them from our streets.
“This give up scheme is an important first step. By providing compensation, it should encourage accountable homeowners to voluntary return of those deadly objects earlier than the ban comes into drive.”
There have been greater than 51,000 severe offences involving the usage of a knife or sharp instrument, together with homicide, rape, theft, assault, and sexual assault, throughout England and Wales within the 12 months to April.
The determine has practically doubled in 10 years from the 28,000 offences that concerned a blade within the 12 months to the tip of March 2014.
And final 12 months there have been 27,500 recorded offences of possessing a knife.