{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2019/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2019/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1420",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Arms And Ammunition\nMade 28th October 2019\nLaid before Parliament 31st October 2019\nComing into force 12th December 2019\nThe Secretary of State, being the Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to firearms and ammunition, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked (E.W.S.) (4.3.2026) by The Firearms (Revocation, Consequential Amendment and Saving Provision) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/118), regs. 1(2), 3 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1991/755."
    },
    {
      "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 Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1420/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:02.765809+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."
}