Hallmarking Enforcement for Trading Standards

UK Hallmarking for Trading Standards includes five lessons:

Hallmarking Legislation
Compulsory Marks
Voluntary Marks
Mixed Metals and Technicalities
Putting the Law into Practice.

This course explains the essential facts about hallmarking legislation and hallmarks.

It is ideal for anyone working in Trading Standards who wants to find out how they can use this important consumer protection tool in their work.

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Course Content

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Lessons Status

1

Lesson 1 – Hallmarking Legislation

Topic 1: Important Protection for Consumers

Topic 2: Hallmarking Act Offences

Topic 3: Exemptions from Hallmarking

Topic 4: Dealers’ Notice

Topic 5: Penalties, Defences & Time Limits

Topic 6: Trading Standards powers

Topic 7: Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

Topic 8: Other Trading Standards legislation

2

Lesson 2 – Compulsory Marks

Topic 1: Three compulsory marks

Topic 2: Sponsor Mark

Topic 3: Examples of Sponsor Marks

Topic 4: Recognised Fineness

Topic 5: Assaying to confirm Fineness

Topic 6: Hallmarked Precious Metals

Topic 7: Gold Fineness Marks

Topic 8: Silver Fineness Marks

Topic 9: Platinum Fineness Marks

Topic 10: Palladium Fineness Marks

Topic 11: Assay Offices

Topic 12: applying the Mark – by punch

Topic 13: Applying the Mark – by Laser

3

Lesson 3 – Voluntary & Convention Marks

Topic 1: An Overview of Additional Authorised Marks

Topic 2: Optional Traditional Fineness Marks

Topic 3: The Six Traditional Precious Metal Fineness Marks

Topic 4: Date Letters – Historic

Topic 5: Date Letter – Current

Topic 6: Commemorative Marks

Topic 7: The use of Commemorative Marks

Topic 8: Example of Millennium Mark

Topic 9: Example of Golden Jubilee Mark

Topic 10: Example of Diamond Jubilee Mark

Topic 11: The International Hallmarking Convention

Topic 12: The UK in the Convention

Topic 13: Countries who are members of the International Convention

Topic 14: CCM Fineness Marks

Topic 15: Fairtrade Marks – Background

Topic 16: Fairtrade Marks on Precious Metal

4

Lesson 4 – Mixed Metals & Technical Issues

Topic 1: Introduction to Mixed Metal Legislation

Topic 2: Principles of Mixed Metals Marking

Topic 3: Distinguishing the Metals

Topic 4: Mixed Metal Benefits

Topic 5: The Mixed Precious Metal Hallmark

Topic 6: Mixed Precious & Base Metals

Topic 7: Mixed Metal Item Exemption Weights

Topic 8: Platings and Interlayers

Topic 9: Bonded Gold and Gold Platings

Topic 10: Consents for Working Parts

Topic 11: Use of Solder

Topic 12: Articles Exempt Due To Purpose

Topic 13: Exempt precious metal materials

5

Lesson 5 – Putting the Law into Practice

Topic 1: Putting the Law into Practice

Topic 2: Examples of Trading Standards activities

Topic 3: Trading Standard Service

Topic 4: Repeated Warnings Ignored

Topic 5: Counterfeit and Unsafe

Topic 6: Compliant Store: Non-Compliant eBay Site

Topic 7: One single complaint..

Topic 8: Blatant Misrepresentation

Topic 9: Conspiracy and Fraud

Topic 10: Touchstone Award

Topic 11: Action Plan