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Notices of Amendments: 6 November 2012                  

450

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

110

 

Page  9,  line  2  [Clause  14],  leave out from ‘individual’ to ‘is’.

 

Philip Davies

 

111

 

Page  9,  line  1  [Clause  14],  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Philip Davies

 

112

 

Page  9,  line  6  [Clause  14],  at end insert—

 

‘(3)    

It is a defence to the offence in Clause 1 for the individual to show that they were

 

pressurised into carrying out the actions which constitute the offence.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

113

 

Page  9,  line  4  [Clause  14],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Philip Davies

 

114

 

Page  9,  line  8  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.

 

Philip Davies

 

115

 

Page  9,  line  8  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘2 years’.

 

Philip Davies

 

116

 

Page  9,  line  8  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘3 years’.

 

Philip Davies

 

117

 

Page  9,  line  8  [Clause  15],  leave out ‘5 years’ and insert ‘4 years’.

 

Philip Davies

 

118

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

publish the crime figures associated with scrap metal theft for the whole

 

of the period of the review.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

119

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(d)    

publish the crime figures associated with metal theft generally for the

 

whole of the period of the review.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

120

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(e)    

publish comparative figures for 1(c) and 1(d) for the preceding

 

equivalent period to the review to show trends in metal crime.’.


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 6 November 2012                  

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

121

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(f)    

publish figures showing the number of convictions for each new offence

 

created in the Bill.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

122

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(g)    

publish a study comparing the use of all legislation in existence prior to

 

the introduction of this Act to this Act and the role that has played in

 

tackling metal theft.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

123

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(h)    

publish an assessment of the effect that prohibiting scap metal dealers

 

from using cash has had on business.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

124

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(i)    

publish a study of the cost to all scap metal businesses over the period of

 

the review of the new legislation.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

125

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(j)    

publish a study of the actual known reduction in metal theft which could

 

only have occurred through this Act and not other industry wide

 

voluntary agreement already in place at the time of the introduction of the

 

Act.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

126

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(k)    

publish a comparison of convictions under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act

 

1964 compared to the convictions for the same offences under this Act

 

for a period of the same length as the term of the review.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

127

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(l)    

assess the prevalence of the export of stolen scrap metal to Scotland in

 

the whole of the period of the review.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

128

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(m)    

assess the prevalence of the export of stolen scrap metal to Europe in the

 

whole of the period of the review.’.


 
 

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

129

 

Page  9,  line  11  [Clause  15],  at end insert—

 

‘(n)    

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

 

ports to other countries exlcuding Scotland and Europe in the whole of

 

the period of the review.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

130

 

Page  9,  line  15  [Clause  15],  leave out from ‘whether’ to end of line 16 and insert

 

‘repeal the Act unless there is unequivocal evidence that there has been a 75 per cent

 

reduction in metal theft in England and Wales for each year that the Act has been in

 

force.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

131

 

Page  10,  line  1  [Clause  17],  leave out subsection (4).

 

Philip Davies

 

132

 

Page  10,  line  13  [Clause  18],  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Philip Davies

 

133

 

Page  10,  line  19  [Clause  18],  leave out subsection (4).

 

Philip Davies

 

134

 

Page  10,  line  32  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘includes and insert ‘is’.

 

Philip Davies

 

135

 

Page  10,  line  33  [Clause  18],  after ‘old’, insert ‘used’.

 

Philip Davies

 

136

 

Page  10,  line  36  [Clause  18],  at end insert—

 

‘(c)    

items made from or containing metal which are of sentimental or heritage

 

value,

 

(d)    

war memorials that are made from or contain metal,

 

(e)    

property made from or containing metal belonging to any place of

 

worship, and

 

(f)    

property made from or containing metal belonging to or used for the

 

purposes of rail travel.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

137

 

Page  10,  line  37  [Clause  18],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Philip Davies

 

138

 

Page  10,  line  39  [Clause  18],  at end insert—


 
 

Notices of Amendments: 6 November 2012                  

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

‘(c)    

platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium and ruthenium, and’

 

Philip Davies

 

139

 

Page  10,  line  42  [Clause  18],  leave out subsection (8).

 

Philip Davies

 

140

 

Page  11,  line  5  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘the council of a district’ and insert ‘county

 

council or unitary authority’.

 

Philip Davies

 

141

 

Page  11,  line  10  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘regularly engages’ and insert ‘engages on

 

more than 300 days in a calendar year’.

 

Philip Davies

 

142

 

Page  11,  line  31  [Clause  19],  leave out subsection (10).

 

Philip Davies

 

143

 

Page  11,  line  34  [Clause  19],  leave out subsection (11).

 

Philip Davies

 

144

 

Page  12,  line  1  [Clause  20],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Philip Davies

 

145

 

Page  15,  line  1  [Schedule  1],  leave out paragraph (b).

 

Philip Davies

 

146

 

Page  15,  line  3  [Schedule  1],  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘1’.

 

Philip Davies

 

147

 

Page  3,  line  14  [Clause  3],  leave out ‘has been convicted of a relevant offence’ and

 

insert ‘has any unspent convictions for any offence’.

 

Philip Davies

 

148

 

Page  3,  line  15  [Clause  3],  leave out from ‘authority’ to end of line 21 and insert

 

‘will not be permitted to issue a licence to them.’.

 


 
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