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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1980/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1980/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1980/640",
  "legislation_title": "The Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gun-barrel-proof-act-1978-commencement-no-2-order-1980",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings into operation on 5th June 1980 the provisions of the Gun Barrel Proof Act 1978 not already in operation, that is, sections 1, 8(1) (so far as not already in force) and 8(3), Schedules 1 and 2 and certain minor amendments in Schedule 3, all of which relate to the Convention for the Reciprocal Recognition of Proof Marks of Small Arms (Cmnd. 5942).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1980/640/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:01:20.024957+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."
}