{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2018/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2018/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1042",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2018",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Firearms Rules 1998",
  "text": "(1) The Firearms Rules 1998 are amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 4(ii) of rule 3 (firearm certificates), after “granted”, insert “as soon as reasonably practicable but”.\n(3) In paragraph 4(ii) of rule 5 (shotgun certificates), after “granted”, insert “as soon as reasonably practicable but”.\n(4) In Schedule 1 (form of application for firearm and shotgun certificates, and firearm certificate), for the certificate in Part II (firearm certificate), substitute the certificate in Schedule 1 to these Rules (firearm certificate).\n(5) In Schedule 2 (shotgun certificate), for the certificate in Part II (shotgun certificate), substitute the certificate in Schedule 2 to these Rules (shotgun certificate).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1998/1941; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 2013/1945, 2013/2970, 2014/1239, 2016/425 and 2017/1281."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1042/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:53:44.178281+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}