{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2021/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2021/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/464",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2021",
  "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 “but” insert “in any event”.\n(3) In paragraph 4(ii) of rule 5 (shotgun certificates), after “but” insert “in any event”.\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. 2005/3344, 2013/1945, 2013/2970, 2014/1239, 2016/425, 2017/1281, 2018/1042 and 2019/1419."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/464/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:14:55.027463+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."
}