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(1)A scrap metal dealer must not receive scrap metal from a person without verifying the person’s full name and address.
(2)That verification must be by reference to documents, data or other information obtained from a reliable and independent source.
(3)The Secretary of State may prescribe in regulations—
(a)documents, data or other information which are sufficient for the purpose of subsection (2);
(b)documents, data or other information which are not sufficient for that purpose.
(4)If a scrap metal dealer receives scrap metal in breach of subsection (1), each of the following is guilty of an offence—
(a)the scrap metal dealer;
(b)if the metal is received at a site, the site manager;
(c)any person who, under arrangements made by a person within paragraph (a) or (b), has responsibility for verifying the name and address.
(5)It is a defence for a person within subsection (4)(a) or (b) who is charged with an offence under subsection (4) to prove that the person—
(a)made arrangements to ensure that the metal was not received in breach of subsection (1), and
(b)took all reasonable steps to ensure that those arrangements were complied with.
(6)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (4) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
(7)A person who, on delivering scrap metal to a scrap metal dealer, gives a false name or false address is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.
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