Matches and Mechanical Lighters Duties Act 1979 (repealed 1.1.1993)
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4 Mechanical lighters.
(1) For the purposes of this Act “mechanical lighter” means any portable contrivance intended to provide a means of ignition, whether by spark, flame or otherwise, being a mechanical, chemical, electrical or similar contrivance. (2) For the purposes of this Act— (a) any component which is, in accordance with section 5 below, the prescribed component of a mechanical lighter; or (b) any assembly which includes such a component, shall be deemed to be a mechanical lighter; and any reference in this Act to a manufacturer of mechanical lighters includes a reference to a person by whom any prescribed component of a mechanical lighter, or assembly which includes such a component, has been manufactured in the course of a business carried on by him, notwithstanding that he has not carried on the manufacture at a time when such a component or assembly is deemed to be a mechanical lighter.
4 Mechanical lighters.
(1) For the purposes of this Act “mechanical lighter” means any portable contrivance intended to provide a means of ignition, whether by spark, flame or otherwise, being a mechanical, chemical, electrical or similar contrivance. (2) For the purposes of this Act— (a) any component which is, in accordance with section 5 below, the prescribed component of a mechanical lighter; or (b) any assembly which includes such a component, shall be deemed to be a mechanical lighter; and any reference in this Act to a manufacturer of mechanical lighters includes a reference to a person by whom any prescribed component of a mechanical lighter, or assembly which includes such a component, has been manufactured in the course of a business carried on by him, notwithstanding that he has not carried on the manufacture at a time when such a component or assembly is deemed to be a mechanical lighter.
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