Scrap Metal Dealers and Collectors
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The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 replaced the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 and the Motor Salvage Operators Regulation 2002 from 1st October 2013.
Provisions of the Act include the following:
The requirement for metal dealers to satisfy their local authority that they are a legitimate trader;
- All sellers of metal must provide verifiable ID at point of sale which is recorded and retained by the dealer;
- A cashless offence will apply to all scrap metal dealers including ‘mobile/itinerant collectors' who conduct house to house collections;
- There will be two types of licence available: a site licence or a collector's licence;
- There will be a single national publicly available register of all scrap metal dealers.
Under the Act we must not issue a licence unless we are satisfied that the applicant is a suitable person to carry on business as a scrap metal dealer.
In the case of a partnership this means assessing the suitability of each of the partners in the partnership, while in the case of a company it means assessing the suitability of any directors, company secretaries or shadow directors.
Therefore, as part of the new application process, an applicant will be required to provide a Basic Disclosure certificate for these persons from the Disclosure and Barring Service to submit along with their application form.
Transitional Arrangements
- Existing scrap metal dealers and motor salvage operators, registered under the old Acts prior to 1st October, will automatically be deemed to have a licence under the new Act from 1st October.
- Provided existing operators submit an application for a new licence on or before 15th October this deemed licence will last until we either issue them with a licence or we give notice of a decision to refuse a licence (although operators will be able to continue trading pending an appeal against any decision not to grant a licence).
- Where existing operators submit an application on or before 15th October but do not supply all the required information with the application form then this deemed licence will still remain in effect after 15th October. Existing operators should therefore submit their applications even if you they are still awaiting their Basic Disclosure Certificate(s) from Disclosure Scotland.
- Where an applicant with a deemed licence fails to submit any application on or before 15th October then the deemed licence will lapse on 16th October and they will be unable to continue to trade.
Application forms
pdf Site Collectors application form (95 KB)
Fees
pdf Fees applicable for this service (23 KB)
Apply
In person:
Return completed application forms and supporting documents with the fee (cheques payments made payable to MHDC) to one of the Malvern Hills Customer Contact Centres.
By post:
Return completed application forms and supporting documents with the fee (cheques payments made payable to MHDC) to Licensing (Malvern Hills), Wyre Forest House, Fine Point Way, Finepoint Way, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 7WF
The GOV.UK website - Scrap Metal application for grant/renewal