{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-air-weapons-england-and-wales-rules-2023/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-air-weapons-england-and-wales-rules-2023/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/768",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Air Weapons) (England and Wales) Rules 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-air-weapons-england-and-wales-rules-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Arms And Ammunition, England And Wales\nMade 6th July 2023\nComing into force 31st July 2023\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by section 53(1)(c) of the Firearms Act 1968.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27. Section 53 was amended by section 61(3)(a) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). There are other amendments to the Firearms Act 1968 which are not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/768/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:43:00.837459+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."
}