Hallmarking Act, 1981
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Permissible descriptions of unhallmarked articles. |
6.—(1) Section 5 of this Act does not apply to a description which is permissible under this Act. | |
(2) A description is permissible under this Act if it complies with the following conditions: | ||
(a) it is confined either expressly or by implication to the colour of the article; | ||
(b) if it consists of or includes the word “gold”, that word is qualified by the word “plated” or by the word “rolled”; | ||
(c) if it consists of or includes the word “silver” or the word “platinum”, whichever of those words is used is qualified by the word “plated”; | ||
(d) where the description is in writing and the word “plated” or the word “rolled” is used, that word is at least as large as the rest of the description. | ||
(3) Subsection (2) of this section does not apply if the description is false or is applied to an article for which the description is inappropriate. |