Gold Plate (Standard) Act 1798
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1798 c. 69 |
| Year | 1798 |
(38 Geo. 3) C A P. LXIX.
[21st June 1798]
'WHEREAS it would be for the Advantage of the Manufactures of Gold in this Kingdom, that Gold of an inferior Standard to what is now allowed by Law should be permitted to be used for the same:' May it therefore please your Majesty that it may be enacted; and be it enacted by the King's most excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the first Day ofOctober one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, it shall be lawful for any Goldsmith, or other Person making, trading, or dealing in Gold Wares in Great Britain , to work or make, or cause or procure to be wrought or made, any Gold Vessel, Plate, or Manufacture of Gold whatsoever, of the Standard of eighteen Carats of Fine Gold in every Pound Weight Troy, and to sell, exchange, or expose to Sale, or export out of this Kingdom, any Gold Vessel, Plate, or Manufacture of Gold whatsoever, of the Standard of eighteen Carats of Fine Gold in every Pound Weight Troy; any Thing contained in any Act or Acts of Parliament to the contrary notwithstanding.
II Such manufactured Gold not to be exposed for Sale, sold, or exported, until marked, with a new Mark under this Act, on Penalty of 10 l.
II. And be it further enacted, That, from and after the said first Day ofOctober one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, no Person whatever shall sell, exchange, or expose to Sale, or export out of this Kingdom, or cause or procure to be sold, exchanged, or exposed to Sale, or exported out of this Kingdom, any Gold Vessel, Plate, or Manufacture of Gold, made after the said first Day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, of the Standard of eighteen Carats of Fine Gold in every Pound Weight Troy, until such Vessel, Plate, or Manufacture, shall be marked with the new Mark as follows; that is to say, with the Mark of a Crown and the Figures 18, instead of the Mark of the Lion Passant, upon Pain that every such Person shall, for every such Offence, forfeit and pay the Sum of ten Pounds.
III The Company of Gold smiths in London, &c. may assay and mark such manufactured Gold as now authorized by Law, except as to the Mark.
III. And be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the respective Companies of Goldsmiths inLondon, Edinburgh, Birmingham and Sheffield and the Wardens and Assayer or Assayers of Gold at York, Exeter, Bristol, Chester, Norwich , and Newcastle upon Tyne , being respectively duly authorized according to the Laws in force on and immediately before the passing of this Act, to touch, assay, and mark, with the Mark hereinbefore directed to be used, any Gold Vessel, Gold Plate, or Manufacture of Gold, made and wrought after the said first Day of October one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, of the Standard of eighteen Carats of Fine Gold in every Pound Weight Troy, of Gold brought to them respectively to be touched, assayed, or marked, in like Manner and under the like Regulations, except as to the except...
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