# Matches and Mechanical Lighters Duties Act 1979 (repealed 1.1.1993), Section 2: Licences to manufacture matches.

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) No person shall manufacture matches unless he holds an excise licence for that purpose granted under this section.
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(4) If any person manufactures matches otherwise than under and in accordance with a licence granted under this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a penalty of level 3 on the standard scale, and the matches shall be liable to forfeiture.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/6/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matches-and-mechanical-lighters-duties-act-1979-repealed-111993/section-2
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