{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-26.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/26",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Firearms and other weapons",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 1968—\n(a) section 4 (conversion of weapons);\n(b) section 5 (weapons subject to a general prohibition);\n(c) section 16 (possession of firearm with intent to injure);\n(d) section 16A (possession of firearm with intent to cause fear or violence);\n(e) section 17 (use of firearm to resist arrest);\n(f) section 18 (carrying firearm with criminal intent);\n(g) section 19 (carrying firearm in a public place);\n(h) section 20 (trespassing with firearm);\n(i) section 21 (possession of firearm by persons previously convicted of crime);\n(j) section 24 (supplying firearms to minors);\n(k) section 25 (supplying firearm to person drunk or insane);\n(l) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(m) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(n) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(o) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(p) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(q) section 46(5) (power of search with warrant);\n(r) section 47 (powers of constables to stop and search); and\n(s) section 48 (production of certificates).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 26(l) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 26(m) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 26(n) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 26(o) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 8A para. 26(p) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A/paragraph/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}