{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NORTHERN IRELAND\nMade 2nd August 1989\nLaid before Parliament 18th August 1989\nComing into operation 3rd October 1989\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 2nd day of August 1989\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas this Order is made only for purposes corresponding to those provisions of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 to which section 26 of that Act applies:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1974 (as modified by section 26 of the said Act of 1988) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 45"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1974 c. 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1338/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
}