{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-surrender-of-offensive-weapons-compensation-regulations-2020/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2020/9780111196762",
  "legislation_title": "The Surrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-surrender-of-offensive-weapons-compensation-regulations-2020",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Surrender of Offensive Weapons (Compensation) Regulations 2020 and come into force on the twenty-first day after the day on which they are made.\n(2) This Part and Part 3 of these Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(3) Part 2 of these Regulations extends to England and Wales only.\n(4) In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Offensive Weapons Act 2019;\n“officer” means any person authorised to accept surrender of weapons in accordance with arrangements made under section 48(1) or 57 of the Act;\n“the required period” means the period of three months beginning with the day on which these Regulations come into force;\n“standard level of compensation” means the level of compensation specified as payable for a surrendered weapon in the values list published under regulation 2.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2020/9780111196762/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:58:35.708855+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."
}