{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-2-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/828",
  "legislation_title": "The Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (Commencement No. 2) (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/offensive-weapons-act-2019-commencement-no-2-england-and-wales-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law, England And Wales\nMade 15th July 2022\nComing into force 16th July 2022\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 31(4)(a) and (5) and 70(1) of the Offensive Weapons Act 2019.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2019 c. 17 (“the Act”). Section 31(5) of the Act provides that regulations containing a provision by virtue of subsection (4)(a) may be amended by subsequent regulations under section 70(1) so as to continue any provision of Part 2 of the Act in force for the specified purpose or in relation to the specified area for a further specified period."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/828/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."
}