{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-5/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-5/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988",
  "text": "(1) The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 15—\n(a) in subsection (1) for “and ammunition” substitute “, ammunition and a relevant accessory”;\n(b) in subsection (2) for “or ammunition” substitute “, ammunition or relevant accessories”.\n(3) In section 16A(1) for “and ammunition” substitute “, ammunition and a relevant accessory”.\n(4) In section 16B(1) for “and ammunition” substitute “, ammunition and a relevant accessory”.\n(5) In section 17 after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1ZA) The holder of a visitor’s firearm permit may, without holding a firearm certificate, have in their possession a relevant accessory.””\n(6) In section 25(4) (interpretation), for “or ammunition” substitute “, ammunition or relevant accessory”.\n(7) In paragraph 1 of the Schedule, in sub-paragraphs (2)(a), (3) and (4) for “and ammunition” substitute “, ammunition and relevant accessories”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 2 in force at 29.6.2026 by S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/5/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+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."
}