{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-scotland-rules-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-scotland-rules-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/889",
  "legislation_title": "The Firearms (Scotland) Rules 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firearms-scotland-rules-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ARMS AND AMMUNITION\nMade 19th May 1989\nComing into force 1st July 1989\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7(1), 9(2),13(1), 26(1) and (2), 27(2) and (3), 28(2), 33(1),(3) and (5), 37(1), 40(7), 53, 55(1) and 57(4) of the Firearms Act 1968 and section 17(2) and (4) of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27, as extended by section 2(1) of the Firearms Act 1982 (c. 31); section 26(2) was amended by sections 9 and 10 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 (c. 45) and sections 53 and 55 were extended by section 25(6) of the 1988 Act; section 57(4) contains a definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1988 c. 45"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/889/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:43:58.861621+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."
}