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Hallmarking guidance notes
Information from the UK's assay offices giving guidance on the Hallmarking Act 1973.
British Hallmarking Council: annual report and accounts
Annual reports of the British Hallmarking Council.
British Hallmarking Council: 2015 corporate statement
A review of the British Hallmarking Council's (BHC) 2014 achievements and its aims for 2015.
Get your hallmarking dealers' notice
The notice produced by the British Hallmarking Council is available here.
European Economic Area (EEA) hallmarks: process for recognition
This sets out the criteria for establishing European Economic Area (EEA) hallmark recognition.
Hallmarking Act 1973
The legislation governing hallmarking in the UK.
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We supervise the hallmarking activities of the 4 assay offices in the UK to ensure there is adequate provision of hallmarking within the UK.
BHC is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy.
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Katrina Ritters (Secretary)
British Hallmarking Council Secretariat
c/o Shakespeare Martineau
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V OHR
Birmingham Assay Office
Stella Layton (Assay Master)
1 Moreton Street
Birmingham
B1 3AX
Email stella.layton@theassayoffice.co.uk
Contact form https://theassayoffice...
Telephone 0121 236 6951
Edinburgh Assay Office
Scott Walter (Assay Master)
Edinburgh Assay Office
24 Broughton Street
Edinburgh
EH1 3RH
Email swalter@assay-office.co.uk
Contact form http://www.edinburghas...
Telephone 0131 556 1144
Fax 0131 556 1177
Assay Office London
Robert Organ (Deputy Warden)
The Assay Office
Goldsmiths' Hall
Gutter Lane
London
EC2V 8AQ
Email robert.organ@assayofficelondon.co.uk
Contact form http://www.thegoldsmit...
Telephone 0207 606 8971
Fax 0207 814 9353
Sheffield Assay Office
Ashley Carson (Assay Master)
The Assay Office
Guardians' Hall
Beulah Road
Hillsborough
Sheffield
S6 2AN
Email carsona@assayoffice.co.uk
Contact form http://www.assayoffice...
Telephone 0114 231 2121
Fax 0114 233 9079
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