# Matches and Mechanical Lighters Duties Act 1979 (repealed 1.1.1993), Section 4: Mechanical lighters.

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

(1) For the purposes of this Act “mechanical lighter” means any portable contrivance intended to provide a means of ignition, whether by spark, flame or otherwise, being a mechanical, chemical, electrical or similar contrivance.
(2) For the purposes of this Act—
(a) any component which is, in accordance with section 5 below, the prescribed component of a mechanical lighter; or
(b) any assembly which includes such a component,
shall be deemed to be a mechanical lighter; and any reference in this Act to a manufacturer of mechanical lighters includes a reference to a person by whom any prescribed component of a mechanical lighter, or assembly which includes such a component, has been manufactured in the course of a business carried on by him, notwithstanding that he has not carried on the manufacture at a time when such a component or assembly is deemed to be a mechanical lighter.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/6/section/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/matches-and-mechanical-lighters-duties-act-1979-repealed-111993/section-4
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