{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2017/399",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 2nd May 2017",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 2nd May 2017—\n(a) sections 36 and 37 (inspection);\n(b) section 125 (Firearms Act 1968: meaning of “firearm”etc) in so far as it is not already in force;\n(c) section 127 (possession of articles for conversion of imitation firearms);\n(d) section 128 (controls on defectively deactivated weapons);\n(e) section 129 (controls on ammunition which expands on impact); and\n(f) section 130 (authorised lending and possession of firearms for hunting etc).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/399/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:12:45.801683+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."
}