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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-7/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/32",
  "legislation_title": "National Security Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Weapons and explosives measure",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may impose on the individual—\n(za) a prohibition on possessing things of a specified description;\n(zb) a prohibition on possessing things of a specified description without the permission of the Secretary of State;\n(a) a prohibition on possessing ... imitation firearms or explosives;\n(b) a prohibition on making an application for a firearm certificate or a shot gun certificate.\n(1A) The descriptions of things which may be specified under sub-paragraph (1)(za) or (zb) are—\n(a) any description of corrosive substances (as defined by section 6 of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019);\n(b) any description of motor vehicles;\n(c) any description of things made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person;\n(d) any other description of things which the Secretary of State reasonably considers could be used for causing injury to the person.\n(2) In sub-paragraph (1)(a)—\n...\n“imitation firearm” has the same meaning as in the Firearms Act 1968 or (in relation to Northern Ireland) the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I. 3));\n“explosive” means anything that is—\n(a)an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1875, or\n(b)an explosive substance within the meaning of the Explosive Substances Act 1883.\n(3) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)(b)—\n(a) an application for a firearm certificate is an application under section 26A of the Firearms Act 1968 or Article 4 of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/702 (N.I. 3));\n(b) an application for a shot gun certificate is an application under section 26B of the Firearms Act 1968.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 7(1)(za)(zb) inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 232(2)(a)(i), 255(3)(i) (with s. 232(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 7(1)(a) omitted (29.6.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 232(2)(a)(ii), 255(3)(i) (with s. 232(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 7(1A) inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 232(2)(b), 255(3)(i) (with s. 232(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 7(2) omitted (29.6.2026) by virtue of Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 232(2)(c), 255(3)(i) (with s. 232(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 7 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 7 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/7/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:52:07.318384+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."
}