Registration - scrap metal site
The dealing in scrap metal or the running of a scrap metal
business is controlled by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964.
No person may carry on the business of a scrap metal dealer unless
they are registered to do so by their Local Authority.
Registration as a scrap metal dealer lasts for three years
and must be renewed on or before the expiry date if the registered
person wishes to carry on as a scrap metal dealer.
The Council must be notified within 28 days of any alterations
to a registered person's or business' particulars, or if the
business ceases to operate.
Records required to be kept
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. Two books may be kept where the metal
processed and or dispatched from a place is not received at that
place.
Entries must be made immediately upon receipt, processing or
despatch and books containing records must be kept for two years
following the last entry.
Where a dealer occupies a scrap metal store and is not
registered as an itinerant and scrap metal is received and disposed
of other than at registered premises then entries in the required
books must be made as soon as is practicable at the business'
nearest registered store.
A copy of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 can be inspected at
the address above where you may also obtain an application form and
further help or advice.