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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/38",
  "legislation_title": "Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/violent-crime-reduction-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In the entry in Schedule 5 to the Firearms Order relating to Article 61(1) of that Order (mode of trial and punishment of possession of firearm or imitation firearm in a public place)—\n(a) in paragraph (b) of column 3 (offence to be triable on indictment except in the case of an imitation firearm or air gun), omit the words “ in the case of an imitation firearm or ”; and\n(b) in column 4, for “10 years or a fine or both” substitute “ If the offence is committed in respect of an imitation firearm, 12 months or a fine, or both; in any other case, 10 years or a fine, or both. ”\n(2) This paragraph applies only to offences committed after the commencement of this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 9 in force at 1.10.2007 by S.I. 2007/2518, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    },
    {
      "type": "excluded",
      "affecting": "nia/2016/18",
      "affecting_title": "Mental Capacity Act (Northern Ireland) 2016"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/38/schedule/2/paragraph/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:02.750793+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."
}