The Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/251
• Sections: 7

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) This Order may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Hallmarking) Order 2013.

(2) This Order comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

(3) This Order extends to the whole of the United Kingdom.

Section 2 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

The Hallmarking Act 1973 is amended as follows.

Section 3 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

After section 2(1)(a) insert—

(aa) marks struck outside the United Kingdom by an assay office under this Act, or

Section 4 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

In section 3 (sponsors’ marks), in subsection (3)(a) omit “include the initial letters of the name or names of the manufacturer or sponsor and shall”.

Section 5 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

After section 4 insert—

Assay office carrying on business outside the United Kingdom

(4A)

(1) This Act applies with the following modifications in relation to business carried on outside the United Kingdom by an assay office.

(2) Subsection (1) of section 4 has effect as if for “shall be struck” there were substituted “may be struck” and as if for paragraph (a)(i) there were substituted—

(i) the mark approved by the Council for use outside the United Kingdom by the assay office;

(3) Schedule 2 has effect as if—

(a) paragraph 1 were omitted;

(b) in paragraph 7(a) for “assay office mark”, there were substituted “mark approved for use outside the United Kingdom by the assay office pursuant to section 4(1)(a)(i),”;

(c) in paragraph 10(3) and (4)(c) for “assay office mark” there were substituted “mark mentioned in paragraph 7(a)”; and

(d) paragraph 15(b) were omitted.

(4) Schedule 5 has effect as if in paragraph 2(1) for “the assay office shall examine” there were substituted “the assay office may examine”.

Section 6 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

Section 5(5) (Alterations to hallmarked articles) is amended as follows—

(a) after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa) an article of gold, if the coating is of platinum of not less than the minimum fineness; or

(b) in paragraph (c) after “gold” insert “or platinum”; and

(c) after paragraph (c) add—

(cc) an article of platinum, if the coating is of platinum of a fineness not less than the standard of fineness of the article; or

Section 7 Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 1973

In section 13 (The British Hallmarking Council), in subsection (2)(e) after the word “place”, where first appearing, insert “, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere,”.