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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/5",
  "legislation_title": "Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-act-1997",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Firearms powered by compressed carbon dioxide.",
  "text": "Any reference to an air rifle, air pistol or air gun—\n(a) in the Firearms Acts 1968 to 1997; or\n(b) in the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) Rules 1969 or the Firearms (Dangerous Air Weapons) (Scotland) Rules 1969,\nshall include a reference to a rifle, pistol or gun powered by compressed carbon dioxide.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/47."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1969/270."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/5/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:13:39.270219+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."
  }
}