{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-1/part-III/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/III/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A description indicating that an article, or the metal in an article, is of so many carats is to be presumed to be an indication that the article or metal is of gold, and that its fineness is that specified in the following table for that number of carats.\n(2) This paragraph shall not apply if (as in a case where the article is a precious stone) the word ’carat’ is used as a measure of weight for precious stones, and not as a measure of fineness.\nTable\nNumber of carats\nindicates gold of a standard of fineness of\n9\n375 parts per thousand\n12\n500 parts per thousand\n14\n585 parts per thousand\n15\n625 parts per thousand\n18\n750 parts per thousand\n22\n916·6 parts per thousand\nand so in proportion for any other number of carats.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedule/1/part/III/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:00.472012+00:00"
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  "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."
}