{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-16A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-16A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/27",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968",
  "path": "section/16A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": "Possession of firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.",
  "text": "It is an offence for a person to have in his possession any firearm or imitation firearm with intent—\n(a) by means thereof to cause, or\n(b) to enable another person by means thereof to cause,\nany person to believe that unlawful violence will be used against him or another person.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 16A inserted (21.9.1994) by 1994 c. 31, ss. 1(1), 4(2) (with s. 4(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/16A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:25.041392+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."
}