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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1982/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1982/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/31",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-act-1982",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An act to apply the provisions of the Firearms Act 1968 (with certain exceptions) to imitation firearms which are readily convertible into firearms to which section 1 of that Act applies.\n[13th July 1982]",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Act amended by Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45, SIF 51:1), s. 25(7)Act amended (E.W.S.) (1.7.1997) by 1997 c. 5, s. 50(6); S.I. 1997/1535, art. 3(b), Sch. Pt. I"
    }
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  },
  "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."
}