{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-surrender-and-compensation-order-2024/article-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2024/9780348256871",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 1988 (Offensive Weapons) (Amendment, Surrender and Compensation) Order 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-1988-offensive-weapons-amendment-surrender-and-compensation-order-2024",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Eligibility for compensation",
  "text": "Compensation may be claimed by a person—\n(a) in respect of a weapon, possession in private of which will become unlawful by virtue of Part 2;\n(b) who—\n(i) owned the weapon on 26th August 2024, or\n(ii) on or before 26th August 2024 had contracted to acquire the weapon;\n(c) who has surrendered the weapon in accordance with arrangements made under article 3 within the period beginning with 26th August 2024 and ending with 23rd September 2024; and\n(d) who has made a declaration that the person is the legal owner of the weapon and that it was lawfully acquired.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2024/9780348256871/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:41:38.908694+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."
}