{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-14A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/paragraph-14A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/14A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph 14AA and subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any article, any precious metal in which is of minimum fineness, and which either—\n(a) contains gold and platinum but not silver, and the weight of the gold parts of which exceeds 50 per cent. of the total weight of the precious metals in the article, that total weight being less than 1 gram; or\n(b) contains silver and either gold or platinum or both gold and platinum, and the weight of the silver parts of which exceeds 50 per cent. of the total weight of the precious metals in the article, that total weight being less than 7·78 gra\n(2) This paragraph does not apply—\n(a) to an article which is manufactured on or after 1st January 2008, or\n(b) to an article containing materials other than precious metal, unless the article satisfies the conditions for hallmarking of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to this Act as they had effect immediately before 6th April 2007 (the date of the coming into force of the Hallmarking Act 1973 (Amendment) Regulations 2007).\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Para. 14A substituted by S.I. 1982/256, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words inserted by S.I. 1986/1758, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 14A(2) substituted (1.10.2007) by The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2493), art. 2(5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 14A(3) repealed (1.10.2007) by The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Exemption) (Amendment No. 2) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2493), art. 2(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedule/1/paragraph/14A",
    "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."
}