§ USE OF THE WORDS 'CARATS', 'STERLING' AND 'BRITANNIA'
§ 1. This Part of this Schedule applies for the purposes of section 1 of this Act, this Schedule and the Act of 1968.
§ 2. —(1) A description indicating that an article or the metal in an article, if of so many carats is to be presumed until the contrary is proved to be an indication that the gold is of the standard of fineness specified in the second column of the following table for that number of carats.
| TABLE | indicates gold of a | ||
| Number of carats | standard of fineness of | ||
| 9 | … | … | 375 parts per thousand |
| 12 | … | … | 500 parts per thousand |
| 14 | … | … | 585 parts per thousand |
| 15 | … | … | 625 parts per thousand |
| 18 | … | … | 750 parts per thousand |
| 22 | … | … | 9166 parts per thousand |
§ 3.—(1) A description of an article, or of the metal in an article, as "sterling" or "Britannia" is to be presumed until the contrary is proved to be an indication that the article, or the metal, is of silver.
§ (2) If "sterling" is the word used, the description is to be presumed to be an indication that the silver is of a standard of fineness of 925.
826§ (3) If the word used is "Britannia" the description is to be presumed to be an indication that the silver is of a standard of fineness of 958.4.