Hallmarking Act, 1981

Regulations prescribing standards of fineness.

7.—(1) The Minister may, after consultation with the Company, make regulations prescribing standards of fineness (to be known, and referred to in this Act, as “Irish standards of fineness”) for articles of precious metal specified in the regulations and for the solders of such articles.

(2) On and from the commencement of regulations under this section the references in the Charter and in section 3 of the Plate Assay (Ireland) Act, 1807 , to standards of fineness of gold and silver and the references in section 22 of the Plate Assay Act, 1783 , to standards of fineness of gold shall be construed as references to the corresponding Irish standards of fineness.