{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2007/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2007/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2605",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "arms and ammunition\nMade 6th September 2007\nComing into force 1st October 2007\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 40(7) and 53 of the Firearms Act 1968.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27. Section 40(2) was amended by section 31(2) of the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (c. 38). There are other amendments to section 40 which are not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2605/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:44:08.091408+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."
}