{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/32",
  "legislation_title": "Crossbows Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Sale and letting on hire.",
  "text": "A person who sells or lets on hire a crossbow or a part of a crossbow to a person under the age of eighteen is guilty of an offence, unless he believes him to be eighteen years of age or older and has reasonable ground for the belief.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 1 substituted (E.W.) (1.10.2007) by Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38) , ss. 44 , 66(2) ; S.I. 2007/2180 , art. 3(k) ; and said word also substituted (S.) (1.10.2007) by Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 17) , s. 62(1) (2)(a) 67(2) ; S.S.I. 2007/431 , art. 3 , Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 1 repealed (S.) (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13) , ss. 35(2) , 206(1) ; S.S.I. 2011/178 , art. 2 , Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/32/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:52:33.158121+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."
}