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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Friday 2 November 2012

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, As Amended

 

Display of licence

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

A scrap metal dealer who holds a site licence must display a copy of the licence

 

at each site identified in the licence.

 

(2)    

The copy must be displayed in a prominent place in an area accessible to the

 

public.

 

(3)    

A scrap metal dealer who holds a collector’s licence must display a copy of the

 

licence on any vehicle that is being used in the course of the dealer’s business.

 

(4)    

The copy must be displayed in a manner which enables it easily to be read by a

 

person outside the vehicle.

 

(5)    

A scrap metal dealer who fails to comply with this section is guilty of an offence

 

and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the

 

standard scale.’.

 

Records of dealings: disposal of metal

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

This section applies if a scrap metal dealer disposes of any scrap metal in the

 

course of the dealer’s business.

 

(2)    

For these purposes metal is disposed of—

 

(a)    

whether or not it is in the same form in which it was received;

 

(b)    

whether or not the disposal is to another person;

 

(c)    

whether or not the metal is despatched from a site.

 

(3)    

Where the disposal is in the course of business under a site licence, the dealer

 

must record the following information—


 
 

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(a)    

the description of the metal (including its type (or types if mixed), form

 

and weight);

 

(b)    

the date and time of its disposal;

 

(c)    

if the disposal is to another person, the full name and address of that

 

person;

 

(d)    

if the dealer receives payment for the metal (whether by way of sale or

 

exchange), the price or other consideration received.

 

(4)    

Where the disposal is in the course of business under a collector’s licence, the

 

dealer must record the following information—

 

(a)    

the date and time of the disposal;

 

(b)    

if the disposal is to another person, the full name and address of that

 

person.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

1

 

Page  1,  line  17  [Clause  2],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

name the authority,’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

2

 

Page  2,  line  6  [Clause  2],  after ‘licensee,’, insert—

 

‘( )    

name the authority,’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

3

 

Page  2,  line  8  [Clause  2],  leave out subsection (7) and insert—

 

‘( )    

A licence is to be in a form which—

 

(a)    

complies with subsections (4) and (6), and

 

(b)    

enables the licensee to comply with section [Display of licence] (display

 

of licence).

 

( )    

The Secretary of State may in regulations prescribe further requirements as to the

 

form and content of licences.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

4

 

Page  3,  line  12  [Clause  3],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

the Natural Resources Body for Wales;’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

5

 

Page  3,  line  17  [Clause  3],  leave out ‘between specified hours of the day’ and insert

 

‘except between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on any day’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

6

 

Page  3,  line  35  [Clause  4],  leave out from beginning to ‘comes’ and insert ‘A

 

revocation or variation under this section’.


 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

7

 

Page  3,  line  38  [Clause  4],  at end insert—

 

‘(6A)    

But if the authority considers that the licence should not continue in force without

 

conditions, it may by notice provide—

 

(a)    

that, until a revocation under this section comes into effect, the licence is

 

subject to one or both of the conditions set out in section 3(8), or

 

(b)    

that a variation under this section comes into effect immediately.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

8

 

Page  4,  line  8  [Clause  6],  after ‘Agency,’, insert—

 

‘( )    

the Natural Resources Body for Wales,’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

9

 

Page  4,  line  13  [Clause  7],  at end insert ‘issued by authorities in England.

 

( )    

The Natural Resources Body for Wales must maintain a register of scrap metal

 

licences issued by authorities in Wales.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

10

 

Page  4,  line  14  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘register’ and insert ‘registers’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

11

 

Page  4,  line  21  [Clause  7],  leave out ‘register is’ and insert ‘registers are’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

12

 

Page  4,  line  22  [Clause  7],  after ‘Agency’, insert ‘or the Natural Resources Body

 

for Wales’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

13

 

Page  4,  line  22  [Clause  7],  leave out second ‘the’ and insert ‘its’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

14

 

Page  4,  line  38  [Clause  8],  leave out ‘the Environment Agency’ and insert ‘the

 

relevant environment body’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

15

 

Page  5,  line  4  [Clause  8],  leave out ‘the Environment Agency’ and insert ‘the

 

relevant environment body’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

16

 

Page  5,  line  5  [Clause  8],  leave out ‘Agency’ and insert ‘body’.


 
 

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Secretary Theresa May

 

17

 

Page  5,  line  10  [Clause  8],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

In this section “the relevant environment body” means—

 

(a)    

for an authority in England, the Environment Agency;

 

(b)    

for an authority in Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

18

 

Page  6,  line  26  [Clause  12],  divide Clause 12 into two clauses, the first [Records of

 

dealings: receipt of metal] to consist of subsections (1) to (5) and the second [Records:

 

supplementary] to consist of subsections (6) to (11).

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

19

 

Page  6,  line  30  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘type and weight’ and insert ‘type (or types if

 

mixed), form, condition, weight and any marks identifying previous owners or other

 

distinguishing features’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

20

 

Page  6,  line  42  [Clause  12],  leave out subsections (4) and (5) and insert—

 

‘(4)    

If the dealer pays for the metal by cheque, the dealer must keep a copy of the

 

cheque.

 

(5)    

If the dealer pays for the metal by electronic transfer—

 

(a)    

the dealer must keep the receipt identifying the transfer, or

 

(b)    

if no receipt identifying the transfer was obtained, the dealer must record

 

particulars identifying the transfer.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

21

 

Page  7,  line  7  [Clause  12],  after ‘subsections (2) and (5)’, insert ‘and section

 

[Records of dealings: disposal of metal](3) and (4)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

22

 

Page  7,  line  13  [Clause  12],  after ‘subsections (2) to (5)’, insert ‘and section

 

[Records of dealings: disposal of metal](3) and (4)’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

23

 

Page  7,  line  14  [Clause  12],  at end insert ‘or (as the case may be) disposed of.’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

24

 

Page  7,  line  15  [Clause  12],  after ‘under’, insert ‘section [Records of dealings:

 

receipt of metal], section [Records of dealings: disposal of metal] or’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

25

 

Page  7,  line  18  [Clause  12],  after ‘at’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) despatched

 

from’.


 
 

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Secretary Theresa May

 

26

 

Page  8,  line  24  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘section 12’ and insert ‘section [Records of

 

dealings: receipt of metal] or [Records of dealings: disposal of metal]’.

 


 
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