{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971/section-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971/section-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/24",
  "legislation_title": "Coinage Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971",
  "path": "section/12",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Consequential amendment of enactments.",
  "text": "(1) References to silver coin in . . . section 3(2) of the Currency and Bank Notes Act 1928 shall include references to coin of cupro-nickel; . . . .\n(2) Any reference to silver coin in any enactment mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act shall include a reference to coin specified in a proclamation made by virtue of section 3(cc)of this Act, not being coin of gold,silver or cupro-nickel or coin of a denomination of less than five new pence.\n(3) The Treasury may by regulations made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, make provision for modifications consequential on the provisions of this Act in provisions relating to silver coin of any enactments passed before the Coinage Act 1946 other than those referred to in subsection (1) of this section.\n(4) The form prescribed by any of the following enactments (which relate to certain periodical returns), that is to say—\n(a) Schedule A to the Bank Charter Act 1844;\n(b) Schedule A or Schedule B to the Bankers (Ireland) Act 1845; and\n(c) Schedule A or Schedule B to the Bank Notes (Scotland) Act 1845;\nshall be modified to such extent as the Treasury may direct having regard to the provisions of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45, SIF 39:7), s. 30, Sch. Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Currency Act 1983 (c. 9, SIF 10), s. 1(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words inserted by Currency Act 1983 (c. 9, SIF 10), s.1(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 12(4)(b)(c) cease to have effect (23.11.2009) by Banking Act 2009 (c. 1), ss. 214(3)(d)(i), 263(1) (with s. 247); S.I. 2009/3000, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1928 c. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1946 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1844 c. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/24/section/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:14.931063+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}