(1)The information mentioned in sections 13(2) and (5) and 14(3) and (4) must be recorded in a manner which allows the information and the scrap metal to which it relates to be readily identified by reference to each other.
(2)The records mentioned in section 13(3) and (4) must be marked so as to identify the scrap metal to which they relate.
(3)The dealer must keep the information and other records mentioned in sections 13(2) to (5) and 14(3) and (4) for a period of 3 years beginning with the day on which the metal is received or (as the case may be) disposed of.
(4)If a scrap metal dealer fails to fulfil a requirement under section 13 or 14 or this section, each of the following is guilty of an offence—
(a)the scrap metal dealer;
(b)if the metal is received at or (as the case may be) despatched from a site, the site manager;
(c)any person who, under arrangements made by a person within paragraph (a) or (b), has responsibility for fulfilling the requirement.
(5)It is a defence for a person within subsection (4)(a) or (b) who is charged with an offence under this section to prove that the person—
(a)made arrangements to ensure that the requirement was fulfilled, and
(b)took all reasonable steps to ensure that those arrangements were complied with.
(6)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.