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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2026/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/836",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-england-and-wales-order-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2025/681. It is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nCRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 15th July 2026\nComing into force 16th July 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 141(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1988.\nIn accordance with section 141(11E) of that Act, a draft of the instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Inserted by section 43(4) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/836/introduction",
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  "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."
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