{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/part-I/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/part-I/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/I/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph—\n(a) “gold” is permissible if qualified by the word “plated” or “rolled”;\n(b) “silver” is permissible if qualified by the word “plated”;\n(c) “platinum” is permissible if qualified by the word “plated”.\n(d) “palladium” is permissible if qualified by the word “plated”.\n(2) If the description is in writing the lettering of “plated” or “rolled” is to be at least as large as any other lettering in the description.\n(3) This paragraph does not apply if the description is false or is applied to an article for which the description is inappropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 Pt. 1 para. 1(1)(d) inserted (22.7.2009) by The Hallmarking Act 1973 (Application to Palladium) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2040), art. 1, Sch. para. 6(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedule/1/part/I/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}