Mechanical lighters

4 Mechanical lighters.
(1) For the purposes of this Act “mechanical lighter” means any portable contrivance intended to provide a means of ignition, whether by spark, flame or otherwise, being a mechanical, chemical, electrical or similar contrivance.
(2) For the purposes of this Act—
(a) any component which is, in accordance with section 5 below, the prescribed component of a mechanical lighter; or
(b) any assembly which includes such a component,
shall be deemed to be a mechanical lighter; and any reference in this Act to a manufacturer of mechanical lighters includes a reference to a person by whom any prescribed component of a mechanical lighter, or assembly which includes such a component, has been manufactured in the course of a business carried on by him, notwithstanding that he has not carried on the manufacture at a time when such a component or assembly is deemed to be a mechanical lighter.

Act repealed (1.1.1993) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1992 (c. 48), ss. 6(1)(2), 82, Sch. 18 Pt.II