The Trial of the Pyx (Amendment) Order 1990

• Citation: S.I. 1990/1201
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Trial of the Pyx (Amendment) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 8th June 1990.

Section 2 Amendment of the principal Order

The Trial of the Pyx Order 1975 shall be amended—

(1) by inserting in article 2(1) (Interpretation) before the definition of “the Goldsmiths' Company” the following—

“ coins ready for issue” means current coins which are held by the Royal Mint for the purpose of being put into circulation or have been issued to banks for that purpose, and includes silver Maundy coins;

(2) by deleting sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) of article 3(1) and the proviso thereto and substituting the following:—

(d)

(i) one coin out of every 5,000 cupro-nickel coins of a denomination of more than ten pence ready for issue; and

(ii) one coin out of every 20,000 cupro-nickel coins of a denomination of more than ten pence ready for issue;

Provided that where in any year the total number of cupro-nickel coins subject to trial is less than 250 million, one coin out of every 5,000 such cupro-nickel coins shall be selected at random and set aside, irrespective of the denominations of those coins; and

one coin out of every 5,000 nickel brass coins ready for issue.

Provided always that the Deputy Master of the Mint shall ensure that of the coins ready for issue not less than 10 coins of each denomination, other than silver Maundy coins, and in the cases of silver Maundy coins, not less than 10 such coins, shall be selected at random and set apart, irrespective of the number of such coins that are ready for issue.