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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/395",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-northern-ireland-order-2004-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Firearms And Ammunition\nMade 30th October 2012\nComing into operation 29th November 2012\nThe Department of Justice being designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to firearms and ammunition except in relation to prohibited weapons and prohibited ammunitions, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2012/1759"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
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  },
  "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."
}