{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knife-dealers-exceptions-order-2009/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knife-dealers-exceptions-order-2009/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/218",
  "legislation_title": "The Knife Dealers (Exceptions) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/knife-dealers-exceptions-order-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "LICENCES AND LICENSING\nCRIMINAL LAW\nMade 3rd June 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 4th June 2009\nComing into force 1st September 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 27A(7) and 27A(8)(b) of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 27A was inserted by section 58 of the Custodial Sentences and Weapons (Scotland) Act 2007, (asp 17)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1982 c. 45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/218/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."
}