{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8B/paragraph-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8B/paragraph-56.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8B/paragraph/56",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Firearms",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Firearms Act 1968—\n(a) section 1 (requirement of firearms certificate);\n(b) section 2 (requirement of certificate for possession of shot guns);\n(c) section 3 (business and other transactions with firearms and ammunition firearms);\n(d) section 22 (acquisition and possession of firearms by minors); ...\n(e) section 23 (exceptions from section 22(4)).\n(f) section 28A(7) (certificates: supplementary);\n(g) section 29 (variation of firearm certificates);\n(h) section 30D(3) (revocation of certificates: supplementary);\n(i) section 39 (offences in connection with registration);\n(j) section 40 (compulsory register of transactions in firearms).",
  "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      "text": "Word in Sch. 8B para. 56(d) repealed (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 3(20)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 8B paras. 56(f)-(j) inserted (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, 3(20)(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8B/paragraph/56",
    "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."
}