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Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

159

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  69

 

Page  6,  line  12  [Clause  11],  leave out subsection (3).

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  70

 

Page  6,  line  15  [Clause  11],  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  71

 

Page  6,  line  25  [Clause  11],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘1’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  72

 

Page  6,  line  25  [Clause  11],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not called  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

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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.’.

 



 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  73

 

Page  7,  line  7  [Clause  12],  leave out subsection (6).

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not called  74

 

Page  7,  line  13  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘3 years’ and insert ‘1 year’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  23

 

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

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  75

 

Page  7,  line  17  [Clause  12],  leave out paragraphs (a) and (b).

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  25

 

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

 

from’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  76

 

Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘1’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  77

 

Page  7,  line  27  [Clause  12],  leave out ‘5’ and insert ‘3’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  88

 

Page  7,  line  40  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (3).

 


 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  78

 

Page  8,  line  14  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  79

 

Page  8,  line  15  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘one month’ and insert ‘14 days’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  80

 

Page  8,  line  16  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  81

 

Page  8,  line  19  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.

 

Secretary Theresa May

 

Richard Ottaway

 

Agreed to  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

 

Not called  82

 

Page  8,  line  26  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘or an officer of a local authority’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  83

 

Page  8,  line  33  [Clause  13],  leave out subsection (12).

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  84

 

Page  8,  line  40  [Clause  13],  leave out ‘3’ and insert ‘1’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  109

 

Page  8  [Clause  14],  leave out line 45.

 


 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  111

 

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


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  110

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  113

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  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

 

Not called  114

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  115

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  116

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  117

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  121

 

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


 
 

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

‘(f)    

publish figures showing the number of convictions for each new offence

 

created in the Bill.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  123

 

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

 

‘(h)    

publish an assessment of the effect that prohibiting scrap metal dealers

 

from using cash has had on business.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  124

 

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

 

‘(i)    

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

 

of the review of the new legislation.’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not selected  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

 

Not selected  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  129

 

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


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

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Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

‘(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

 

Not selected  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

 

Not called  99

 

Page  9,  line  37  [Clause  17],  leave out subsection (2).

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  131

 

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

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  132

 

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

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  133

 

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

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  30

 

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

 

activity’.

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  134

 

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

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  102

 

Page  10,  line  33  [Clause  18],  leave out ‘old’ and insert ‘used’.


 
 

Report Stage Proceedings: 9 November 2012                

165

 

Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, continued

 
 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  135

 

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

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  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

 

Not called  104

 

Page  10,  line  38  [Clause  18],  leave out paragraph (a).

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  138

 

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

 

‘(c)    

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

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  105

 

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

 


 

Philip Davies

 

Not called  140

 

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

 

council or unitary authority’.

 

Mr Christopher Chope

 

Not called  106

 

Page  11,  line  5  [Clause  19],  leave out ‘district’ and insert ‘county, unitary

 

authority’.


 
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