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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/860",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Arms And Ammunition\nMade 23rd March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 25th March 2015\nComing into force 16th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State being a Minister designated for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to firearms and ammunition, 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. 1991/755, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51), and by section 3(3) of, and Part 1 of Schedule 1 to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/860/introduction",
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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."
}