A Bill to introduce a licensing scheme for scrap metal dealers; to enable magistrates’ courts to add restrictions to licences to deal in scrap metal; to require that financial transactions in trade in scrap metals be restricted to cashless payments; to give police officers powers to search properties owned by scrap metal dealerships; to provide that scrap metal proven to have been obtained through theft may be classified as criminal assets; to introduce criminal charges for theft of scrap metal which take into account aspects of the crime other than the value of the scrap metal stolen; and for connected purposes
House of Commons
1 May 2012
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This bill would create a licensing system for scrap metal dealers and give police extra powers to tackle metal theft. It would require cashless payments for scrap-metal transactions, allow magistrates to add restrictions to dealer licences, and enable police to search dealer premises. It would also treat scrap metal obtained through theft as criminal assets and introduce new theft offences for scrap metal theft that consider factors beyond the metal’s value.
The bill is currently at the 2nd Reading in the House of Commons. It originated in the Commons, with the first Reading having taken place in November 2011. No further progress data is provided here.
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