Goldsmitħs and Silversmitħs (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

L-N. 38 of 1982

GOLDSMITBS AND SILVERSMITBS ORDINANCE (CAP. 74)

Goldsmitħs and Silversmitħs (Amendment) Regulations, 1982

IN exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Goldsmiths

and Silversmiths Ordinance, the Minister of Finance has made the

following regulations:-

(l) These -regulations may be cited as the Goldsmiths and

Silversmiths (Amendment) Regulations, 1982, and shall be read and

L.N. 75 of 1968 construed as one with the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Regulations,

1968, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

These regulations shall come into force on the 1st July,

(2)

1982.

For regulation 13 of the principal regulations

there shall be

substituted the following

"13. (l) The stamp for gold articles manufactured in Malta

and having a standard of fineness of 916 or 750 shall be the im-

pression of the Mural Crown with a Sally Port the embattlements

turreted of eight octagonal turrets and for those having a standard

of fineness of 585 01' 375 shall be the impression of the Shield of

Malta; such articles shall moreover be stamped with the Arabic

numerals 916, 750, 585 or 375, as the case may be, to indicate the

fineness of the meta 1.

(2) The stamp for silver articles manufa:ctured in Malta

shall be the impression of a Maltese Cross and of the Arabic

numerals959, 925, 830 01' 800, as the case may be, indicating the

fineness of the meta1.

(3) The stamp for commcrcially imp()rted gold or

silverartic1es shall be as determined by the Minister from time to

time under the provisions of section 9 of the Ordinance.

(4) A mark indicating the period of the stamping of

the gold or silverartic1e shall also be affixed. The markshal1 bear

such combination of two letters of the alphabet in smaI1 cursive

script as may from time to time be determined by the Commission-

er.".

Regulation 16 of the principal regulations shalI be deleted.

For the words "Onci. 18ths, 14ths, llSths" under the item

"Weight" in the Forms A. B and C of the Schedule to the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the word "Grammes':.

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