Amendments to the Hallmarking Act 19736

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