Hallmarking (Amendment) Act 2019

Amendment of section 8 of Principal Act

10. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) (a) Every reference to ‘gold or silver’ in an enactment specified in subsection (2) shall be construed as a reference to ‘gold, silver, palladium or platinum’.

(b) Every reference to ‘gold and silver’ in an enactment specified in subsection (2) shall be construed as a reference to ‘gold, silver, palladium and platinum’.

(c) Every reference to ‘gold’ in an enactment specified in subsection (2) shall be construed as a reference to ‘gold, silver, palladium and platinum’.”,

and

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by the substitution, in paragraph (e), of “1883, and” for “1883,”,

(ii) by the substitution, in paragraph (f), of “1904.” for “1904,”, and

(iii) by the deletion of paragraph (g).