{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2026/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2026/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1050",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Amendment) Rules 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-amendment-rules-2026",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ARMS AND AMMUNITION\nMade 23rd September 2026\nComing into force 29th September 2026\nThe Secretary of State makes these Rules in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26A(1), 26B(1), 27(2), 28(2) and 53(1)(a) and (b) of the Firearms Act 1968.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27. Sections 26A and 26B were substituted for section 26 as originally enacted by section 37 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997 (c. 5). Section 27(2) was amended by section 23(5) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45). Section 53 was renumbered by section 61(3)(a) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (c. 17). There are other amendments to the Firearms Act 1968 and the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 which are not relevant to these Rules."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1050/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:54:26.055116+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."
  }
}