{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-antique-firearms-regulations-2020/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-antique-firearms-regulations-2020/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780348215786",
  "legislation_title": "The Antique Firearms Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-antique-firearms-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Firearms’ propulsion systems specified under section 58(2C) of the Firearms Act 1968",
  "text": "For the purposes of section 58(2C) of the 1968 Act, the following descriptions of firearms’ propulsion systems are specified—\n(a) any propulsion system which involves the use of a loose charge and a separate ball (or other missile) loaded at the muzzle end of the barrel, chamber or cylinder of the firearm and which uses an independent source of ignition;\n(b) any propulsion system in a breech-loading cartridge firearm which uses an ignition system other than rim-fire or centre-fire;\n(c) any propulsion system which involves the use of rim-fire cartridges (other than .22 (5.58mm), .23 (5.8mm), 6mm or 9mm rim-fire cartridges) in a breech-loading firearm, or\n(d) any propulsion system for an air weapon.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780348215786/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:48:09.585411+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."
}