{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973/schedule-2/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/43",
  "legislation_title": "Hallmarking Act 1973",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hallmarking-act-1973",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Optional pictorial mark\nPrecious metal\nStandard of fineness\nPictorial mark\n(1)\n(2)\n(3)\nGold\n375\nA crown\nGold\n585\nA crown\nGold\n750\nA crown\nGold\n916.6\nA crown\nGold\n990\nA crown\nGold\n999\nA crown\nSilver\n925\nA lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.\nSilver\n958.4\nThe figure of Britannia or a lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.\nSilver\n999\nThe figure of Britannia or a lion passant. In the case of an article struck by the Edinburgh Assay Office, the reference to a lion passant shall be treated as a reference to a lion rampant.\nPlatinum\n950\nAn orb surmounted by a cross\nPlatinum\n999\nAn orb surmounted by a cross\nPalladium\n500\nThe head of Pallas Athene\nPalladium\n950\nThe head of Pallas Athene\nPalladium\n999\nThe head of Pallas Athene",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. I substituted (1.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/2978, reg. 2(15)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 3 inserted (22.7.2009) by Hallmarking Act 1973 (Application to Palladium) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2040), art. 1, Sch. para. 7(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/43/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}