Prevention of Crimes Act 1871 (c. 112)

Punishment of certain Offenders U.K.

[F1 13 Penalty on dealers in old metals purchasing quantities less than stated in schedule. U.K.

Any dealer in old metals who either personally or by any servant or agent purchases, receives, or bargains for any metal mentioned in the first column of the schedule annexed hereto, whether new or old, in any quantity at one time of less weight than the quantity set opposite each such metal in the second column of the schedule annexed hereto, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and be liable to a penalty not exceeding [F2 level 1 on the standard scale].

For the purpose of this section the term “dealer in old metals” shall mean any person dealing in, buying, and selling old metal, scrap metal, broken metal, or partly manufactured metal goods, or defaced or old metal goods, and whether such person deals in such articles only, or together with second–hand goods or marine stores.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 13 repealed (E.W.) by Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 (c. 69), s. 10(1), Sch. Pt. I and repealed (S.) by Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45, SIF 81:2), Sch. 4

F2 Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G, 457A