Information Required for Registration as a Scrap Metal
Business
Before registering any person as a scrap metal dealer the
Council will require the following information:
- The full name of the dealer.
- The address of the dealer or in the case of a body corporate
the registered or principal office.
- The address of each place in the South
Lakeland District Council area that is or will be used as a
scrap metal store
- If the business is carried on from the applicants place of
residence, notice of that fact.
- If premises are used for a scrap metal business but not as a
scrap metal store, notice of that fact and the address of the
premises.
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.
The details to be kept for scrap metal received are:
- The description and weight of the
metal
- The date and time of receipt of the
metal
- If the metal is received from another
person the name and address of that person
- The price of the metal if it has been
ascertained at the time the entry is made in the book
- If no price has been ascertained, the
estimated value of the scrap metal
- The registration mark of any mechanically
propelled vehicle used to deliver the scrap metal.
The details to be kept of scrap metal processed or dispatched
are:
- The description and weight of the
metal;
- The date of processing or dispatch, and in
the case of processing, the process applied;
- Where scrap metal is dispatched for sale or
exchange, the name and address of the person to whom it is sold or
with whom it is exchanged and the consideration for which it is
sold or exchanged;
- Where scrap metal is despatched or
processed other than for sale or exchange, its estimated value
before being dispatched or exchanged.
- 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 person satisfies the Council that the business is part
of the business of an itinerant scrap metal collector, the Council
after consulting with the Chief of Police may make an order
requiring that on the sale of any scrap metal he shall obtain from
the purchaser a receipt showing the weight of the metal and the
aggregate price at which it was sold. These receipts must be kept
for two years and must be produced on demand to any body authorised
to require their production.
Where a scrap metal dealer does not occupy a scrap metal store
and is not registered as an itinerant then the reference to keeping
a book at a scrap metal store shall be construed as a reference to
keeping a book either at the dealers usual place of residence or at
any other place occupied for the purpose of the scrap metal
business.
The references to the receipt, processing or despatch of scrap
metal at or from a place shall be construed as the receipt,
processing or despatch of scrap metal during the course of
business. Particulars must be entered in the book as soon as is
practicable.
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.
Rights of Entry
Any constable has a right at any reasonable time to inspect
registered premises, records kept on those premises and scrap metal
kept on the premises.
The Council has powers of entry to ascertain if premises are
being used as a scrap metal store.