{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971/section-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971/section-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/24",
  "legislation_title": "Coinage Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/coinage-act-1971",
  "path": "section/6",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Standard trial plates.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall, from time to time when necessary, cause to be made and verified standard trial plates to be used for determining the justness of gold, silver and cupro-nickel coins issued from the Mint, or of coins so issued of any other metal or mixture of metals specified in a proclamation made by virtue of this Act.\n(2) The plates to be so used for coins of any description specified in the first column of the following Table shall have the composition specified in relation thereto in the second column of that Table.\nTable\nDescription of coins\nComposition of plates\nGold coins of a denomination mentioned in Schedule 1 to this Act\nEleven-twelfths fine gold and one-twelfth alloy.\nOther gold coins\nGold of the standard fineness specified in the proclamation under which the coins are made.\nSilver coins\nPure silver.\nCupro-nickel coins\nPure copper and pure nickel.\nCoins of any other metal or mixture of metals.\nSuch composition as may be prescribed by the proclamation under which the coins are made.\n(3) The plates, and all books, documents and other things used in connection with the determination of the justness of coins issued from the Mint or in relation thereto, shall be in the custody of the Secretary of State, and shall be kept in such places and in such manner as the Secretary of State may from time to time direct; and the performance of all duties in relation to the plates shall be part of the business of the Department for Business and Trade.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "First entry in the Table substituted by Currency Act 1983 (c. 9, SIF 10), s. 1(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 6(3) substituted (3.5.2023) by The Secretaries of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, for Science, Innovation and Technology, for Business and Trade, and for Culture, Media and Sport and the Transfer of Functions (National Security and Investment Act 2021 etc) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/424), art. 1(2), Sch. para. 4(2) (with art. 17)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Functions of Department of Trade and Industry under this Act now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1974/692"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/24/section/6",
    "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."
}