Scrap Metal

The dealing in scrap metal or the running of a scrap metal business is controlled by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 and no person may carry on such a business unless they are registered to do so by the local authority.

The authority to which the registration application must be made will depend on the location of the scrap metal store and the applicant's usual place of residence. Registration lasts for 3 years and must be renewed on or before the expiry date if the registered person wishes to carry on as a scrap metal dealer. Registration of scrap metal dealing is free of charge, but vehicle dismantlers have to pay a fee.

In addition to be registered, every scrap metal dealer must keep, at each place occupied by him as a scrap metal store, a book detailing all scrap metal received at that place and all scrap metal either processed at or dispatched from that place.

Failure to register a scrap metal business or to notify the local authority of amendments to the registered particulars is a criminal offence, as is failing to notify that a business has ceased and failing to keep the proper prescribed records.

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