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439

 

House of Commons

 
 

Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Monday 5 November 2012

 

For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:

 

433-37

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, As Amended

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

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Page  1,  line  3  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘carry on business’ and insert ‘engage in

 

activity’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

28

 

Page  1,  line  5  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘carry on business’ and insert ‘engage in

 

activity’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

29

 

Page  1,  line  6  [Clause  1],  leave out ‘carries on business’ and insert ‘engages in

 

activity’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

30

 

Page  10,  line  19  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘carries on business’ and insert ‘engages in

 

activity’.

 

Purchase of scrap metal for cash

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

No person shall purchase scrap metal for cash.

 

(2)    

No person shall purchase scrap metal unless he has recorded the vendor’s identity

 

by noting the details of a valid UK photo card driving licence showing the

 

vendor’s registered address or the details of a UK passport together with the

 

passport holder’s name and current address as evidenced by a utility bill issued

 

within three months prior to the purchase.’.


 
 

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Sale of scrap metal

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

No person shall sell or attempt to sell scrap metal other than to a scrap metal

 

dealer licensed under the provisions of this Act.

 

(2)    

No person aged under 21 shall sell or attempt to sell scrap metal.

 

(3)    

A person who sells or attempts to sell scrap metal in breach of subsection 1 or 2

 

above is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not

 

exceeding level 5 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;

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(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—

 

(a)    

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

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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

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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

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person.’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Theresa May’s proposed New Clause (Records of

 

dealings: disposal of metal) (NC2):—

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

(a)

 

Line  8,  after ‘record’, insert ‘and verify’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

(b)

 

Line  12,  after ‘address’, insert ‘and date and place of birth’.


 
 

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Mr Christopher Chope

 

(c)

 

Line  19,  after ‘address’, insert ‘and date and place of birth’.

 

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.

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(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

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

 

standard scale.’.

 

As Amendments to Secretary Theresa May’s proposed New Clause (Display of

 

licence) (NC1):—

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

(a)

 

Line  9,  after ‘who’, insert ‘knowingly’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

(b)

 

Line  11,  at end add—

 

‘( )    

It shall be a defence to any offence under this section if a copy of the licence had

 

been displayed but had then been removed from display without the knowledge

 

or consent of the scrap metal dealer.’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

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Page  1,  line  8  [Clause  1],  at end insert—

 

‘( )    

If a local authority has reasonable cause to believe that a person is engaging in

 

activity as a scrap metal dealer without a licence an injunction shall be laid by the

 

local authority against that person within 28 days.’.

 

Fraudulent display of licence

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

NC5

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘Any scrap metal dealer who displays a licence purporting to be a site licence or

 

a collector’s licence when the scrap metal dealer is not the holder of such a licence


 
 

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shall be guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not

 

exceeding level 4 on on the standard scale.’.

 


 
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