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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1989/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1989/1338",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1989",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Title, commencement and citation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and shall come into operation on the expiration of two months from the day on which it is made.\n(2) The principal Order, the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 1983 and this Order may be cited together as the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Orders 1981 to 1989.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1983 NI 20"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1338/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:17.706752+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."
}