The Hallmarking (Exempted Articles) (Amendment) Order 1975

SCHEDULE

1.  For paragraph 5 there shall be substituted the following:—

   

“5.   Any battered article fit only to be remanufactured.”.

   

2.  For paragraph 10 there shall be substituted the following:—

   

“10.   Any article which—

(a) is wholly or mainly of gold or of silver or of gold and silver assaying in all its gold parts not less than 375 parts per thousand and in all its silver parts not less than 800 parts per thousand; and

(b) was manufactured before the year 1900 and has not since the beginning of the year 1900 been the subject of any alteration which would be an improper alteration if the article had previously borne approved hallmarks.”.

   

3.  For paragraph 12 there shall be substituted the following:—

   

“12.   Any article containing only one precious metal, being a metal of minimum fineness and of a weight less than that specified in the following table—

gold	1 gram
silver	7.78 grams
platinum	0.5 gram.”.

   

4.  For paragraph 13 there shall be substituted the following:—

   

“13.   Any article which is wholly of one or more precious metals of minimum fineness and which is so small or thin that it cannot be hallmarked.”.

   

5.  After paragraph 14 there shall be inserted the following two paragraph:—

   

“14A.   Any article, any precious metal in which is of minimum fineness, and which either—

(a) contains gold and platinum but not silver, and the weight of the gold parts of which exceeds 50 per cent. of the total weight of the precious metals in the article, that total weight being less than 1 gram; or

(b) contains silver and either gold or platinum or both gold and platinum, and the weight of the silver parts of which exceeds 50 per cent. of the total weight of the precious metals in the article, that total weight being less than 7.78 grams.”;

   

   

“14B.   Where an article described in paragraph 12 or paragraph 14A above contains materials other than precious metals the article shall not be taken as falling within that paragraph unless it complies with Part III of Schedule 2 to this Act.”.