Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (c. 10)

1. Introductory Text

2. Licensing of scrap metal dealers

   1. 1. Requirement for licence to carry on business as scrap metal dealer

   2. 2. Form and effect of licence

   3. 3. Issue of licence

   4. 4. Revocation of licence and imposition of conditions

   5. 5. Further provision about licences

   6. 6. Supply of information by authority

   7. 7. Register of licences

   8. 8. Notification requirements

   9. 9. Closure of unlicensed sites

3. Conduct of business

   1. 10. Display of licence

   2. 11. Verification of supplier's identity

   3. 12. Offence of buying scrap metal for cash etc

   4. 13. Records: receipt of metal

   5. 14. Records: disposal of metal

   6. 15. Records: supplementary

4. Supplementary

   1. 16. Right to enter and inspect

   2. 17. Offences by bodies corporate

   3. 18. Review of Act

   4. 19. Consequential amendments

   5. 20. Orders and regulations

   6. 21. “Carrying on business as a scrap metal dealer” and “scrap metal”

   7. 22. Other definitions

   8. 23. Extent, commencement and short title

5. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Further provision about licences

      1. Term of licence

         1. 1. (1) A licence expires at the end of the period...

      2. Applications

         1. 2. (1) A licence is to be issued or renewed on...

      3. Variation of licence

         1. 3. (1) A local authority may, on an application, vary a...

      4. Further information

         1. 4. (1) The local authority may request (either when the application...

      5. Offence of making false statement

         1. 5. An applicant who in an application or in response to...

      6. Fee

         1. 6. (1) An application must be accompanied by a fee set...

      7. Right to make representations

         1. 7. (1) If a local authority proposes— (a) to refuse an...

      8. Notice of decision

         1. 8. (1) If the authority refuses the application, or revokes or...

      9. Appeals

         1. 9. (1) An applicant may appeal to a magistrates' court against...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Closure of unlicensed sites

      1. Interpretation

         1. 1. (1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a person has...

      2. Closure notice

         1. 2. (1) This paragraph applies if a constable or the local...

      3. Cancellation of closure notice

         1. 3. (1) A closure notice may be cancelled by a notice...

      4. Application for closure order

         1. 4. (1) Where a closure notice has been given under paragraph...

      5. Closure order

         1. 5. (1) This paragraph applies if, on hearing a complaint under...

      6. Termination of closure order by certificate of constable or authority

         1. 6. (1) This paragraph applies where— (a) a closure order has...

      7. Discharge of closure order by court

         1. 7. (1) Any of the following persons may make a complaint...

      8. Appeals

         1. 8. (1) An appeal may be made to the Crown Court...

      9. Enforcement of closure order

         1. 9. (1) A person is guilty of an offence if the...