{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-11-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-11-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017-commencement-no-11-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, interpretation and extent",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“the 1968 Act” means the Firearms Act 1968 ;\n“the 1988 Act” means the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988 ;\n“the commencement date” means 22nd March 2021;\n“the transitional period” means—\n(a)in relation to vintage rifles, punt guns or shot guns with a bore greater than 10, the period of ten months beginning with the commencement date;\n(b)in all other cases, the period of six months beginning with the commencement date.\n(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) substituted (20.9.2021) by The Policing and Crime Act 2017 (Commencement No. 11 and Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/945), regs. 1(2), 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1968 c. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1988 c. 45."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in force at 22.3.2021, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/282/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:16:14.463882+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."
}