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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-no-2-act-1997-commencement-order-1997/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3114",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1997 (Commencement) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-no-2-act-1997-commencement-order-1997",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions referred to in article 4 above shall not have effect until 1st March 1998 in relation to—\n(a) the possession, sale or transfer of a small-calibre pistol by a person who, immediately before 1st February 1998, has the pistol in his possession by virtue of:\n(i) a firearm certificate or a visitor’s firearm permit, or\n(ii) a permit issued under section 7 of the Firearms Act 1968, or\n(b) the possession, purchase, acquisition, sale or transfer of a small-calibre pistol by a registered firearms dealer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3114/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:39:43.711730+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."
}