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This guidance is to help you know how to recognise a hallmark and who to contact about your consumer rights.
Guidance for UK jewellery importers and exporters.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Information from the UK's assay offices giving guidance on the Hallmarking Act 1973.
Guidance for Trading Standards officers on how to enforce the hallmarking law.
The current legislation governing hallmarking in the UK.
Principles and guidance on sponsors’ marks, logos and town marks.
Guidance on the hallmarking legislation for precious metal products.
British Hallmarking Council guidance on selling articles of precious metal on the internet, to comply with UK hallmarking legislation.
The British Hallmarking Council's Touchstone award for trading standards teams is open for submissions.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on bracelets and necklets.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on silver and gold plate.
The Joint Committee of Assay Offices’ notice on the treatment of articles not meeting the declared standards.
The British Hallmarking Council's guidance on mokume gane articles.
When an assay office refuses to hallmark an item you have submitted you can appeal to the British Hallmarking Council.
Guidance setting out Hallmarking Act requirements for Assay Offices to be able to apply hallmarks to partially constructed items.
Guidance on the description, hallmarking and marking of bonded gold in the UK.
The sub-office is operated by assay office employees as an independent facility within a host company or at a separate location.
Guidance for assay offices on how to cancel or obliterate an ancient hallmark under the Hallmarking Act 1973.
Current British Hallmarking Council regulations.
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