{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006-commencement-no-3-order-2007/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006-commencement-no-3-order-2007/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2180",
  "legislation_title": "The Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006-commencement-no-3-order-2007",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2006 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2007—\n(a) sections 21 and 22 (licence reviews);\n(b) section 32 (sales of air weapons by way of trade or business to be face to face);\n(c) section 33 (age limits for purchase etc. of air weapons);\n(d) section 34 (firing an air weapon beyond premises);\n(e) section 36 (manufacture, import and sale of realistic imitation firearms);\n(f) section 37 (specific defences applying to the offence under s.36);\n(g) section 38 (meaning of “realistic imitation firearm”);\n(h) section 39 (specification for imitation firearms);\n(i) section 40 (supplying imitation firearms to minors);\n(j) section 43(1) and (2) (sale etc. of knives and other weapons);\n(k) section 44 (sale etc. of crossbows);\n(l) section 47 (power to search persons in attendance centres for weapons); and\n(m) section 64 (expenses).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2180/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:47:03.301597+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."
}