The Product Safety and Metrology etc. (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 No. 696

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Amendment of the Hallmarking Act 1973

General U.K.

1.  The Hallmarking Act 1973 is amended as follows.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 1 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

2.  In section 2— U.K.

(a) in subsection (1)(d), after “United Kingdom” insert “ before exit day ”;

(b) for subsection (2A), substitute—

“(2A) In this section “EEA state” has the meaning which it had under Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 before exit day.”

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I2 Sch. 1 para. 2 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1

3.  In section 22(1), in paragraph (c) of the definition of “sponsor's mark”, after “EEA state” insert “ other than the United Kingdom before exit day ”. U.K.

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I3 Sch. 1 para. 3 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1