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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2016/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/130",
  "legislation_title": "The Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/air-weapons-and-licensing-scotland-act-2015-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-2016",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transitional provision: certificates and permits granted before 31st December 2016",
  "text": "Where an air weapon certificate, a police permit, a visitor permit or an event permit is granted under Part 1 of the Act before 31st December 2016, it does not take effect until that date (except, where applicable, for the purpose of any earlier variation, revocation or cancellation of the certificate or (as the case may be) permit under that Part).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/130/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:24:28.871607+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}