{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968/section-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/27",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1968",
  "path": "section/7",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Police permit.",
  "text": "(1) A person who has obtained from the chief officer of police for the area in which he resides a permit for the purpose in the prescribed form may, without holding a certificate under this Act, have in his possession—\n(a) a firearm and ammunition in accordance with the terms of the permit.\n(b) a relevant accessory.\n(2) It is an offence for a person knowingly or recklessly to make a statement false in any material particular for the purpose of procuring, whether for himself or for another person, the grant of a permit under this section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(1) renumbered as s. 7(1)(a) (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 7(1)(b) inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(b); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 7(2) substituted (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 52(1), Sch. 2 para. 2(2); S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/27/section/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:35:31.729720+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}