{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987/section-8.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/32",
  "legislation_title": "Crossbows Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crossbows-act-1987",
  "path": "section/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Crossbows Act 1987.\n(2) Sections 1 to 6 shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed.\n(3) Sections 1 to 6 shall not extend to Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/32/section/8",
    "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."
}