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Part 3 U.K.Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders

CHAPTER 9E+WOffences

147Review of offence of buying scrap metal for cash etcE+W

(1)Before the end of 5 years beginning with the day on which section 146(2) comes into force, the Secretary of State must—

(a)carry out a review of the offence created by that subsection, and

(b)publish a report of the conclusions of the review.

(2)The report must in particular—

(a)set out the objectives intended to be achieved by creating the offence,

(b)assess the extent to which those objectives have been achieved, and

(c)assess whether it is appropriate to retain the offence to achieve those objectives.