{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2003/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3300",
  "legislation_title": "The Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-act-2003-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 39(3) (prohibition of certain air weapons) of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 shall, subject to paragraph (2), to the extent not already in force come into force on 30th April 2004.\n(2) Section 1(1)(a) of the Firearms Act 1968 shall not apply to a person who has in his possession any air rifle, air gun or air pistol which uses, or is designed or adapted for use with, a self-contained gas cartridge system where he has applied before 30th April 2004 for a firearm certificate under Part 2 of that Act and either that application is still being processed or any appeal in respect of it has not been determined.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "There have been amendments to section 1 which are not relevant to the subject matter of this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3300/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:36:38.114007+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."
}