Article 2

Part II of Schedule 1 to the Act shall be amended as follows:—

(a)

in paragraphs 11, 13 and 14 at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph 14AA below,”;

(b)

in paragraphs 12 and 14A at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Subject to paragraph 14AA and”;

(c)

in paragraph 13 after the words “any article” there shall be added the words “, except an article made of chainwork,”; and

(d)

after paragraph 14A, there shall be inserted the following paragraph:—

“14AA

Paragraphs 11 to 14A above do not apply to any article in which solder containing precious metal is used unless the solder is of a standard of fineness equivalent to that which would be required under section 4(3) of this Act if the article were submitted to an assay office for hallmarking.”