{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-and-revocation-rules-2026/rule-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-and-revocation-rules-2026/rule-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/304",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment and Revocation) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-and-revocation-rules-2026",
  "path": "rule/3",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Firearms Rules 1998",
  "text": "(1) The Firearms Rules 1998 are amended as follows.\n(2) In rule 5 (shot gun certificates), for paragraph (3)(a) substitute—\n“(a) the names and addresses of two persons who have agreed to act as referees, and”.\n(3) In rule 6 (verification of application: shot gun certificate), in the heading for “referee” substitute “referees”.\n(4) In Schedule 1 (form of application for firearm and shot gun certificates, and firearm certificate), for the form in Part I (application for the grant or renewal of a firearm and/or shot gun certificate) substitute the form in Schedule 1 to these Rules (application for the grant or renewal of a firearm and/or shot gun certificate).\n(5) In Schedule 5 (firearms dealers: forms of application, notification and registers), for the form in Part I (firearms dealers: application for registration or for new certificate of registration) substitute the form in Schedule 2 to these Rules (firearms dealers: application for registration or for new certificate of registration).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1941; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/1945, 2014/1239, 2017/1281 and 2021/1172. There are other amendments to S.I. 1998/1941 which are not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/304/rule/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:04:02.053987+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."
}