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Hallmarking Act 1973

Consolidated Text As Enacted Cited authorities 69 Cited in Amendments 233 Related
Vincent
JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1973 c. 43
Year1973
applies to an unhallmarked article a description indicating that it is wholly or partly made of gold, silver F53, platinum or palladium, orsupplies, or offers to supply, an unhallmarked article to which such a description is applied,(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to a description which is permitted by Part I of Schedule 1 to this Act.(3) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to an article within Part II of the said Schedule.(4) the giving of a description of the fineness (whether in parts per thousand or otherwise) of any precious metal constitutes advertising within the meaning of the Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008, andthe description is false to any extent or degree (except by understating the fineness) .(4B) In any such case, the giving of the description is to be treated as satisfying the requirements of regulation 3(2) of those Regulations (requirements for advertising to be misleading) .the giving of a description of the fineness (whether in parts per thousand or otherwise) of any precious metal constitutes a commercial practice within the meaning of the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008, andthe description is false to any extent or degree (except by understating the fineness) .(4D) In any such case, the giving of the description is to be treated as satisfying the conditions in regulation 5(2) of those Regulations (conditions for a commercial practice to be a misleading action) .(5) Part III of the said Schedule shall apply for construing descriptions relating to the fineness of precious metals.(6) The provisions of this section have effect subject to Part IV of the said Schedule.“advertisement” includes a catalogue, a circular and a price list,section 4 of the Act of 1968 (which defines “applies a trade description”) shall apply to paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) , for the interpretation of references to a description being applied to any article, as it applies for the interpretation of references in that Act to applying a trade description,

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