6Standard weight, design and dimension of coins

6 Standard weight, design and dimension of coins

(1) This section is made for subsection 13A(1) of the Act. (2) On and after the day when this determination commences, each item of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 1 specifies the standard weight, the allowable variation from that standard weight, the design and the dimensions of a coin whose denomination is specified, or taken to be specified in the Schedule to the Act. (3) A reference in Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin is, for a coin that is rectangular with rounded corners, a reference to the length and width of the coin. (4) A reference in Schedule 1 to the maximum diameter or other dimension of a coin is, for a coin that is triangular with rounded corners, a reference to the perpendicular bisector of the coin.

(5) Each item of the table in Part 2 of Schedule 1 explains a symbol used to describe the design of coins specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1. (6) This section does not affect any other determination made under subsection 13A(1) of the Act.