SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3 Provisions as to Offences

Defence in proceedings under section 1

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In any proceedings for an offence under section 1 of this Act, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that—

a

in reliance on information supplied by another person, he believed that the article concerned was one which was exempt from hallmarking by virtue of Part II of Schedule 1 to this Act; and

b

that he could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained that it was not such an article.