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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-scotland-rules-1989/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/889",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Scotland) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-scotland-rules-1989",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules—\n(a) “the principal Act” means the Firearms Act 1968;\n(b) references to firearms include references to imitation firearms to which the Firearms Act 1982 applies;\n(c) any reference to a form includes a reference to any form to the like effect; and\n(d) any reference to a Schedule, except in rule 10(5) below, is a reference to a Schedule to these Rules.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c. 31"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/889/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:58.861621+00:00"
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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."
}