{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-12B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-12B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/12B",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12B",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 14AA, any article—\n(a) which contains gold of minimum fineness, and\n(b) in which the total weight of the metal is less than 1 gram.\n(2) This paragraph does not apply to any article—\n(a) which contains platinum of the minimum fineness, or\n(b) which contains any precious metal that is not of the minimum fineness, or\n(c) which contains materials other than precious metal, unless the article satisfies the conditions for hallmarking of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 2 paras. 12A-12C inserted (1.10.2007) by The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2493), art. 2(4)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:00.472012+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."
}