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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1992/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1992/note.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/1723",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order is made only for purposes corresponding to those of section 1 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1992.\nIt empowers the Secretary of State to extend the period for which firearm certificates are granted or renewed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/1723/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:05.458849+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."
}