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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/schedule-5/part-III/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/27",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968",
  "path": "schedule/5/part/III/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "On the hearing of the appeal the sheriff may either dismiss the appeal or give the chief officer of police such directions as he thinks fit as respects the certificate or register which is the subject of the appeal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 Pt. III inserted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 41(2); S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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