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House of Commons

 
 

Tuesday 11 September 2012

 

Public Bill Committee

 

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill


 

Richard Ottaway

 

That, if proceedings on the Scrap Metal Dealers Bill are not completed at this day’s

 

sitting, the Committee do meet on Wednesday 12 September at half-past Nine o’clock and

 

half-past One o’clock and on Thursday 13 September at half-past One o’clock.

 


 

Graham Jones

 

62

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  13,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

a personal licence.’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

18

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  15,  leave out from ‘licence’ to end of line 16.

 

Graham Jones

 

67

 

Clause  2,  page  1,  line  21,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Graham Jones

 

63

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  1,  at end add—

 

‘(e)    

be displayed clearly and visibly at the point of purchase and sale.’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

19

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  4,  leave out from ‘area’ to end of line 5.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

24

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Graham Jones

 

3

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  5,  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

requires the licensee to display a large and visible identification badge on

 

their vehicle(s), provided by the local authority.’.

 

Graham Jones

 

64

 

Clause  2,  page  2,  line  8,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

must be visibly displayed alongside road tax disc;

 

(d)    

must be carried at all times by the collector; and

 

(e)    

list all the vehicle registration details which are being used for the

 

purpose of such business.’.

 


 

Graham Jones

 

68

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  20,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Graham Jones

 

69

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  22,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

20

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  33,  leave out ‘subsection (2)—’ and insert ‘this section—

 

( )    

“site manager” means an individual proposed to be named in the licence

 

as a site manager,’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

21

 

Clause  3,  page  2,  line  35,  leave out ‘that subsection’ and insert ‘this section’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

5

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  6,  leave out ‘may’ and insert ‘must’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

22

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  7,  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

any other local authority;’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

6

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  8,  at end add ‘and other environmental groups’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

25

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Hanson

 

7

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  9,  leave out ‘an officer of a police force’ and insert ‘the chief

 

constable of a relevant police authority’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

23

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  10,  at beginning insert ‘If the applicant or any site manager

 

has been convicted of a relevant offence,’.

 

David Winnick

 

1

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  10,  leave out ‘one or both’ and insert ‘any’.

 

David Winnick

 

2

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

other such conditions as are consistent with preventing crime.’.

 

Graham Jones

 

65

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  16,  at end add—

 

‘(c)    

that all sales and purchases should be supported by photographic

 

evidence.’.

 

Graham Jones

 

66

 

Clause  3,  page  3,  line  17,  at end add—

 

‘(10)    

The local authority can charge for licences and the fees chargeable must be

 

published 28 days before taking effect.’.

 


 

Graham Jones

 

70

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  21,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Graham Jones

 

71

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  22,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

24

 

Clause  4,  page  3,  line  27,  at beginning insert ‘If the licensee or any site manager

 

named in the licence is convicted of a relevant offence,’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

26

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Jeremy Browne

 

25

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  13,  leave out paragraph (c) and insert—

 

‘( )    

any trading name of the licensee,’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

8

 

Clause  7,  page  4,  line  18,  at end add ‘and available online.’.

 


 

Jeremy Browne

 

26

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  31,  leave out from ‘business’ to first ‘the’ in line 33 and

 

insert ‘under a trading name,’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

27

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  34,  leave out ‘the trading’ and insert ‘that’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

28

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  38,  leave out paragraph (a) and insert—

 

‘( )    

any notification given to the authority under subsection (2) or (4),’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

29

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  39,  leave out ‘paragraph 2’ and insert ‘paragraph 3A’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

30

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  40,  at end insert ‘and

 

( )    

any revocation by the authority of a licence.

 

(6A)    

Notification under subsection (6) must be given within 28 days of the notification,

 

variation or revocation in question.’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

31

 

Clause  8,  page  4,  line  41,  leave out ‘of a change or variation’ and insert ‘under

 

subsection (6)’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

32

 

Clause  8,  page  5,  line  5,  leave out ‘and exercised all due diligence’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

27

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Graham Jones

 

72

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  24,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

33

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  leave out lines 25 to 31 and insert—

 

‘( )    

any person who, under arrangements made by a person within paragraph

 

(a) or (b), has responsibility for verifying the name and address.

 

(5)    

It is a defence for a person within subsection (4)(a) or (b) who is charged with an

 

offence under subsection (4) to prove that the person—

 

(a)    

made arrangements to ensure that the metal was not received in breach of

 

subsection (1), and

 

(b)    

took all reasonable steps to ensure that those arrangements were

 

complied with.’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

9

 

Clause  10,  page  5,  line  27,  at end add—

 

‘(d)    

the employee who receives scrap metal.’.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

11

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  4,  at end add ‘excluding cash payments.’.

 

Graham Jones

 

73

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  9,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

34

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  leave out lines 10 to 16 and insert—

 

‘( )    

any person who makes the payment acting for the dealer.

 

(5)    

It is a defence for a person within subsection (4)(a) or (b) who is charged with an

 

offence under this section to prove that the person—

 

(a)    

made arrangements to ensure that the payment was not made in breach of

 

subsection (1), and

 

(b)    

took all reasonable steps to ensure that those arrangements were

 

complied with.’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

10

 

Clause  11,  page  6,  line  12,  at end add—

 

‘(d)    

the employee who receives scrap metal.’.

 



 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

28

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Jeremy Browne

 

35

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  2,  leave out from ‘allows’ to end of line 3 and insert ‘the

 

information and the scrap metal to which it relates to be readily identified by reference to

 

each other.’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

12

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  7,  leave out ‘2 years’ and insert ‘3 years’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

36

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  9,  leave out ‘comply with’ and insert ‘fulfil’.

 

Graham Jones

 

74

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  12,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

37

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  leave out lines 13 to 18 and insert—

 

‘( )    

any person who, under arrangements made by a person within paragraph

 

(a) or (b), has responsibility for fulfilling the requirement.

 

(10)    

It is a defence for a person within subsection (9)(a) or (b) who is charged with an

 

offence under this section to prove that the person—

 

(a)    

made arrangements to ensure that the requirement was fulfilled, and

 

(b)    

took all reasonable steps to ensure that those arrangements were

 

complied with.’.

 

Mr David Hanson

 

16

 

Clause  12,  page  7,  line  14,  at end add—

 

‘(d)    

the employee who receives scrap metal.’.

 


 

Graham Jones

 

75

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  24,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.

 

Graham Jones

 

76

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  26,  after ‘site manager’, insert ‘or personal licence

 

applicant’.


 
 

Public Bill Committee: 11 September 2012                

29

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Mr David Hanson

 

13

 

Clause  13,  page  7,  line  33,  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

14

 

Clause  15,  page  9,  line  5,  at end add ‘and lay it before both Houses of Parliament.’.

 

Graham Jones

 

4

 

Clause  15,  page  9,  line  10,  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

assess the prevalence of the export of stolen scrap metal through UK

 

ports in the years following the passage of the Act.’.

 


 

Jeremy Browne

 

38

 

Clause  16,  page  9,  line  24,  at end insert—

 

‘(2)    

In Schedule 3 to the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008

 

(enactments specified for the purposes of Part 1 of that Act), for “Scrap Metal

 

Dealers Act 1964 (c. 69)” substitute “Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2012”.’.

 


 

Mr David Hanson

 

15

 

Clause  17,  page  9,  line  29,  after ‘18(8)’, insert ‘Schedule 1(6)’.

 


 

Jeremy Browne

 

39

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  1,  leave out ‘and’ and insert ‘or’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

40

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  7,  leave out ‘buying or’.

 

Jeremy Browne

 

41

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  8,  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Jeremy Browne

 

42

 

Clause  18,  page  10,  line  10,  leave out ‘(if at all)’.


 
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