http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01Hallmarking Act 1973An Act to make fresh provision for the composition, assaying, marking and description of articles of, or containing, precious metals, and as to agencies for the implementation and enforcement thereof; and for purposes connected with those matters.1984-06-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-10-201991-02-01
2 Meaning of approved hallmarks, etc.1

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “approved hallmarks” means—

a

marks struck by an assay office in the United Kingdom, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, under the law for the time being in force, or

b

marks struck by the Wardens and Commonalty of Goldsmiths of the City of Dublin before 1st April 1923, or

c

marks struck by an assay office under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, being marks designated for the purposes of this section by order of the Secretary of State as marks recognised pursuant to any international convention or treaty to which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom is a party.

2

Marks within subsection (1)(c) above are in this Act called “convention hallmarks”.

3

The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as appears to him appropriate for enabling articles submitted to an assay office in the United Kingdom to be struck with marks which, pursuant to any such convention or treaty, will, or will with other marks, be accorded recognition under the law of any other country, and for making consequential or incidental provisions, including provision for excluding or modifying any of the provisions of this Act.

4

For the purposes of this Act an article is unhallmarked—

a

if it does not bear the approved hallmarks and the sponsor’s mark, or

b

if the article has been the subject of any improper alteration.

5

In this Act “improper alteration” means an addition, alteration or repair which has been made to an article bearing approved hallmarks and—

a

which contravened section 5 of this Act, or

b

which was made before the coming into force of that section,and would have required the consent of an assay office if that section had been in force, or

c

in the case of an article which bears a convention hallmark, would have required that consent if the addition, alteration or repair had been made in the United Kingdom:

Provided that paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection shall not apply if, after the making of the addition, alteration or repair, the article has been re-assayed and struck with any further approved hallmark.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<portion includedIn="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/43">
<meta>
<identification source="#source">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/43"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/43"/>
<FRBRdate date="1973-07-25" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRnumber value="43"/>
<FRBRname value="1973 c. 43"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/1991-02-01"/>
<FRBRdate date="1991-02-01" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#source"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/1991-02-01/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-11-13Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#source">
<eventRef date="1973-07-25" type="generation" eId="enacted-date" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="1999-01-01" type="amendment" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="2007-04-06" type="amendment" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="2013-02-08" type="amendment" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="2020-12-31" type="amendment" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="1999-01-01" eId="effective-date-1" source="#source"/>
<eventRef date="2009-07-22" eId="effective-date-2" source="#source"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#source">
<restrictions source="#source">
<restriction refersTo="#e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-2" refersTo="#e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#source">
<temporalGroup eId="period1">
<timeInterval end="#effective-date-1" refersTo="#period-concept1"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period2">
<timeInterval end="#effective-date-2" refersTo="#period-concept2"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#source">
<TLCOrganization eId="source" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/publisher/StatuteLawDatabase" showAs="Statute Law Database"/>
<TLCLocation eId="e+w+s+ni" href="/ontology/jurisdictions/uk.EnglandWalesScotlandNorthernIreland" showAs="England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland"/>
<TLCTerm eId="term-approved-hallmarks" href="/ontology/term/uk.approved-hallmarks" showAs="approved hallmarks"/>
<TLCTerm eId="term-improper-alteration" href="/ontology/term/uk.improper-alteration" showAs="improper alteration"/>
<TLCConcept eId="period-concept1" href="/ontology/time/-1999.01.01" showAs=" before 1999-01-01"/>
<TLCConcept eId="period-concept2" href="/ontology/time/-2009.07.22" showAs=" before 2009-07-22"/>
</references>
<proprietary xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" source="#source">
<ukl:RestrictEndDate value="2009-07-22"/>
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Hallmarking Act 1973</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to make fresh provision for the composition, assaying, marking and description of articles of, or containing, precious metals, and as to agencies for the implementation and enforcement thereof; and for purposes connected with those matters.</dc:description>
<dc:date>1984-06-01</dc:date>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2021-10-20</dc:modified>
<dct:valid>1991-02-01</dct:valid>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/1991-02-01" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/introduction/1991-02-01" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/body/1991-02-01" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/schedules" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedules/1991-02-01" title="schedules"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1991-02-01/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/contents/1991-02-01" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1999-01-01" title="1999-01-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/enacted" title="enacted"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/1999-01-01" title="1999-01-01"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/2007-04-06" title="2007-04-06"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/2013-02-08" title="2013-02-08"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2/2020-12-31" title="2020-12-31"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/2" title="current"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/1991-02-01" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/1/1991-02-01" title="Provision; Section 1"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/1/1991-02-01" title="Provision; Section 1"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/3/1991-02-01" title="Provision; Section 3"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/section/3/1991-02-01" title="Provision; Section 3"/>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="1973"/>
<ukm:Number Value="43"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1973-07-25"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-10-27" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/pdfs/ukpga_19730043_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="116"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="24"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="92"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<portionBody period="#period2">
<section eId="section-2" period="#period1">
<num>2</num>
<heading>
Meaning of approved hallmarks,
<abbr title="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</abbr>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-2-1">
<num>1</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, “
<term refersTo="#term-approved-hallmarks">approved hallmarks</term>
” means—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-2-1-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>marks struck by an assay office in the United Kingdom, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, under the law for the time being in force, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-2-1-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>marks struck by the Wardens and Commonalty of Goldsmiths of the City of Dublin before 1st April 1923, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-2-1-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>marks struck by an assay office under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom, being marks designated for the purposes of this section by order of the Secretary of State as marks recognised pursuant to any international convention or treaty to which Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom is a party.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-2">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>Marks within subsection (1)(c) above are in this Act called “convention hallmarks”.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as appears to him appropriate for enabling articles submitted to an assay office in the United Kingdom to be struck with marks which, pursuant to any such convention or treaty, will, or will with other marks, be accorded recognition under the law of any other country, and for making consequential or incidental provisions, including provision for excluding or modifying any of the provisions of this Act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-4">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this Act an article is unhallmarked—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-2-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>if it does not bear the approved hallmarks and the sponsor’s mark, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-2-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>if the article has been the subject of any improper alteration.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-2-5">
<num>5</num>
<intro>
<p>
In this Act “
<term refersTo="#term-improper-alteration">improper alteration</term>
” means an addition, alteration or repair which has been made to an article bearing approved hallmarks and—
</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-2-5-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>which contravened section 5 of this Act, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-2-5-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>which was made before the coming into force of that section,and would have required the consent of an assay office if that section had been in force, or</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-2-5-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of an article which bears a convention hallmark, would have required that consent if the addition, alteration or repair had been made in the United Kingdom:</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>Provided that paragraphs (b) and (c) of this subsection shall not apply if, after the making of the addition, alteration or repair, the article has been re-assayed and struck with any further approved hallmark.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
</section>
</portionBody>
</portion>
</akomaNtoso>