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	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   473
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	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’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		87
	Page  6,  line  38  [Clause  12],  at end insert—
		‘(f)     whether the metal has been tested for smart water and the result of that
		test’.
	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.’.
	Philip Davies
		73
	Page  7,  line  7  [Clause  12],  leave out subsection (6).
	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)’.
	Philip Davies
		74
	Page  7,  line  13  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘3 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.
	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’.
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   474
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	Philip Davies
		75
	Page  7,  line  17  [Clause  12],  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).
	Secretary Theresa May
		25
	Page  7,  line  18  [Clause  12],  after ‘at’, insert ‘or (as the case may be) despatched
	from’.
	Philip Davies
		76
	Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘1’.
	Philip Davies
		77
	Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		88
	Page  7,  line  40  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (3).
	Philip Davies
		78
	Page  8,  line  14  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.
	Philip Davies
		79
	Page  8,  line  15  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘one month’ and insert ‘14 days’.
	Philip Davies
		80
	Page  8,  line  16  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.
	Philip Davies
		81
	Page  8,  line  19  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.
	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]’.
	Philip Davies
		82
	Page  8,  line  26  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.
	Philip Davies
		83
	Page  8,  line  33  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (12).
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   475
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	Philip Davies
		84
	Page  8,  line  40  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘1’.
	Philip Davies
		109
	Page  8  [Clause  14],  leave out line 45.
	Philip Davies
		111
	Page  9,  line  1  [Clause  14],  leave out paragraph (b).
	Philip Davies
		110
	Page  9,  line  2  [Clause  14],  leave out from ‘individual’ to ‘is’.
	Philip Davies
		113
	Page  9,  line  4  [Clause  14],  leave out subsection (2).
	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
		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.’.
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   476
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	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.’.
	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.’.
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   477
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	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.’.
	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 subsection (c) and insert—
		‘(c)     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.’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		99
	Page  9,  line  37  [Clause  17],  leave out subsection (2).
	Mr Christopher Chope
		100
	Page  9,  line  40  [Clause  17],  leave out ‘under section 11(2) or 18(8)’ and insert ‘or
	regulations under this Act’.
	Philip Davies
		131
	Page  10,  line  1  [Clause  17],  leave out subsection (4).
	Mr Christopher Chope
		101
	Page  10,  line  10  [Clause  18],  leave out from ‘(a)’ to ‘whether’ in line 11 and insert
	‘collects, purchases or sells discarded metal suitable for reprocessing for reward’.
	Philip Davies
		132
	Page  10,  line  13  [Clause  18],  leave out paragraph (b).
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   478
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	Philip Davies
		133
	Page  10,  line  19  [Clause  18],  leave out subsection (4).
	Mr Christopher Chope
		30
	Page  10,  line  19  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘carries on business’ and insert ‘engages in
	activity’.
	Philip Davies
		134
	Page  10,  line  32  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘includes and insert ‘is’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		102
	Page  10,  line  33  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘old’ and insert ‘used’.
	Philip Davies
		135
	Page  10,  line  33  [Clause  18],  after ‘old’, insert ‘used’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		103
	Page  10,  line  36  [Clause  18],  at end insert—
		‘(c)     any new product article or assembly which is made from or contains
		metal and is not being used for the purpose for which it was intended
		when originally purchased.’.
	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.’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
	Philip Davies
		104
	Page  10,  line  38  [Clause  18],  leave out paragraph (a).
	Philip Davies
		138
	Page  10,  line  39  [Clause  18],  at end insert—
		‘(c)     platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium and ruthenium, and’
	Notices of Amendments: 7 November 2012                   479
	Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued
	Mr Christopher Chope
	Philip Davies
		105
	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’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		106
	Page  11,  line  5  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘district’ and insert ‘county, unitary
	authority’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		107
	Page  11,  line  9  [Clause  19],  leave out from ‘(a’) to ‘dealer’ and insert ‘collects,
	purchases or sells discarded metal suitable for reprocessing for reward’.
	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’.
	Mr Christopher Chope
		108
	Page  11,  line  10  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘in the course of that business’.
	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).
	Mr Christopher Chope
		85
	Page  11,  line  41  [Clause  20],  leave out from ‘Act’ to end of line 42 and insert ‘shall
	come into force two months after Royal Assent’.

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