Coinage Act 1971
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(1) The following provisions of this section have effect with respect to coins made at the Mint.(2) Gold coins and coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money shall, if of a denomination mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act, be of the weight and fineness specified there, but in the making of the coins a remedy (that is, a variation from the standard weight and fineness so specified) shall be allowed of an amount not exceeding that specified in that Schedule.(3) Gold coins and coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money shall, if of any other denomination, be of such weight and fineness as may be specified in a proclamation under section 3 of this Act.(4) Coins other than gold coins and coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money shall be of such weight, composition and dimensions as may be specified in a proclamation under that section.(5) In the making of the coins to which subsections (3) and (4) above apply, such remedy shall be allowed as may be specified in the proclamation.(6) The variation from the standard weight of any coin ... specified for that coin in accordance with this section F28shall be measured in accordance with provision made by proclamation under section 3.in relation to gold coins and coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money, a variation from the standard weight and fineness specified in the proclamation of an amount not exceeding that so specified;in relation to other coins, a variation from the standard weight, composition or dimensions so specified of an amount not exceeding that so specified.(1) Gold coins shall be legal tender for payment of any amount, but shall not be legal tender if their weight has become less than that specified in Schedule 1 to this Act, or in the proclamation under which they are made, as the least current weight.coins of cupro-nickel or silver of denominations of more than 10 pence, for payment of any amount not exceeding £10;coins of cupro-nickel or silver of denominations of not more than 10 pence, for payment of any amount not exceeding £5;coins of bronze, for payment of any amount not exceeding 20 pence.(1B) Other coins, if made current by a proclamation under section 3 of this Act, shall be legal tender in accordance with the provision made by that proclamation or by any later proclamation made under that section.(2) References in F3subsection (1A) of this section to coins of any denomination include references to coins treated as being of such a denomination by virtue of a proclamation made in pursuance of section 15(5) of the Decimal Currency Act 1969; and silver coins of the Queen’s Maundy money issued before 15th February 1971 shall be treated for the purposes of this section as being denominated in the same number of new pence as the number of pence in which they were denominated.(3) In this section “coins”means coins made by the Mint in accordance with this Act and not called in by proclamation under section 3 of this Act.determine the denominations of coins to be made at the Mint;determine the design of any coin;determine the weight and fineness of any gold coins or coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money, other than those of a denomination mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act, the remedy to be allowed in making them and (for gold coins) their least current weight;determine the weight and composition of any coins, other than gold coins or coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money, and the remedy (if any) to be allowed in making them;provide for the variation from the standard weight F29for coins to be measured in the manner specified in the proclamation;determine the dimensions of any coins . . . determine the percentage of impurities which coins other than gold coins and coins of silver of the Queen’s Maundy money may contain;call in coins of any date or denomination, or coins made before a date specified in the proclamation;direct that coins made by the Mint other than gold, silver, cupro-nickel and bronze coins shall be current . . . direct that any coin shall be legal tender for payment of any amount not exceeding such amount as may be specified in the proclamation or for payment of any amount (without limit) ;regulate any matter relating to coinage which was, before the passing of the revoke or alter any proclamation previously made under this section.(2) So far as it relates to the matters mentioned in paragraph (ff) of subsection (1) above, a proclamation under this section may make different provision in relation to different parts of the United Kingdom.(1) The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be the master of the Mint.(2) There shall be a deputy master of the Mint, appointed by the Treasury(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (5) All duties, powers and authorities imposed on, vested in or to be transacted before the master of the Mint may be performed and exercised by or transacted before him or his sufficient deputy.(6) The expenses incurred by the Mint in the purchase of metal to be made into coins shall be defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament.(7) All sums received by the master of the Mint, or any deputy master or officer of the Mint, in payment for coin made from metal purchased by him, and all fees and payments received by him in that capacity, shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.(1) The Secretary of State shall, from time to time when
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