{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-477/article-5a",
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  "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": "article/5a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5a",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to minimise the risk of firearms and ammunition being accessed by unauthorised persons, Member States shall establish rules on the proper supervision of firearms and ammunition and rules on their proper storage in a secure manner. Firearms and their ammunition shall not be readily accessible together. Proper supervision shall mean that the person lawfully possessing the firearm or the ammunition concerned has control over it during its transportation and use. The level of scrutiny of such proper storage arrangements shall reflect the number and category of the firearms and ammunition concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive (EU) 2017/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2017 amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/477/article/5a",
    "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."
}