{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/annex-I/division-IV",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/annex-I/division-IV.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1991/477",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 18 June 1991 on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (91/477/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477",
  "path": "annex/I/division/IV",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "IV",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Annex:\n(a) ‘short firearm’ means a firearm with a barrel not exceeding 30 centimetres or whose overall length does not exceed 60 centimetres;\n(b) ‘long firearm’ means any firearm other than a short firearm;\n(c) ‘automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire more than one round with one pull on the trigger;\n(d) ‘semi-automatic firearm’ means a firearm which reloads automatically each time a round is fired and can fire only one round with one pull on the trigger;\n(e) ‘repeating firearm’ means a firearm which after a round has been fired is designed to be reloaded from a magazine or cylinder by means of a manually-operated action;\n(f) ‘single-shot firearm’ means a firearm with no magazine which is loaded before each shot by the manual insertion of a round into the chamber or a loading recess at the breech of the barrel;\n(g) ‘ammunition with penetrating projectiles’ means ammunition for military use where the projectile is jacketed and has a penetrating hard core;\n(h) ‘ammunition with explosive projectiles’ means ammunition for military use where the projectile contains a charge which explodes on impact;\n(i) ‘ammunition with incendiary projectiles’ means ammunition for military use where the projectile contains a chemical mixture which bursts into flame on contact with the air or on impact.",
  "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/eudr/1991/477/annex/I/division/IV",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:24.328187+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."
}