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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997/schedule/part-I",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1535",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (Commencement) (No. 2) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997-commencement-no-2-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS OF THE 1997 ACT COMING INTO FORCE ON 1ST JULY 1997",
  "text": "Provision of the Act\nSubject matter of provisions\nSection 1\nExtension of s.5 of the Firearms Act 1968 to prohibit certain small firearms etc.\nSection 2\nExemption for slaughtering instruments\nSection 3\nExemption for firearms used for humane killing of animals\nSection 4\nExemption for shot pistols used for shooting vermin\nSection 5\nExemption for races at athletic meetings\nSection 6\nExemption for trophies of war\nSection 7\nExemption for firearms of historic interest\nSection 8\nExemption for weapons and ammunition used for treating animals\nSection 9\nGeneral prohibition of expanding ammunition etc.\nSection 10\nExpanding ammunition etc.; exemptions from prohibition\nSection 16 (insofar as it is notalready in force)\nPayments in respect of prohibited small firearms and ammunition\nSection 17 (insofar as it is not already in force)\nPayments in respect of ancillary equipment\nSection 18 (insofar as it is not already in force)\nParliamentary control of compensation schemes\nSection 37\nApplications for certificates and referees\nSection 38\nGrant of firearm certificates\nSection 40\nRevocation of certificates\nSection 41\nAppeals\nSection 42\nAuthorised dealing with firearms by registered firearms dealers\nSection 43\nPower of search with warrant\nSection 47\nMuseums eligible for a museum firearms licence\nSection 48\nFirearms powered by compressed carbon dioxide\nSection 49\nFinancial provisions\nSection 50\nInterpretation and supplementary provisions\nSection 52 (insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedules 2 and 3 mentioned immediately below)\nMinor and consequential amendments and repeals\nIn Schedule 2—\nparagraphs 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 and 20\nConsequential and minor amendment\nIn Schedule 3—\nthe entries relating to sections 5, 5A, 23 and 28 of the Firearms Act 1968, the entries relating to sections 9, 10 and 12 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 and the entry relating to the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1992\nRepeals",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1535/schedule/part/I",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:49.441402+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."
}