PART 3CIVIC LICENSING
Metal dealers
I172Interpretation of provisions relating to metal dealers etc.
1
Section 37 of the 1982 Act (interpretation of sections 28 to 36) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (1), for the definition of “itinerant metal dealer” substitute—
“itinerant metal dealer” means a person who—
a
carries on a business which consists wholly or substantially of buying or selling for scrap—
i
metal articles that are old, broken, worn out or defaced, or
ii
partly manufactured articles that are made wholly or partly from metal,
b
collects articles of the kind described in paragraph (a)(i) and (ii) by means of visits from place to place, and
c
disposes of such articles without causing them to be kept in a metal store or other premises (including by disposing or giving custody of the articles to a person who keeps a metal store),
3
For subsection (2) substitute—
2
For the purposes of sections 28 to 36, a person carries on business as a metal dealer if the person—
a
carries on a business which consists wholly or substantially of buying or selling for scrap—
i
metal articles that are old, broken, worn out or defaced, or
ii
partly manufactured articles that are made wholly or partly from metal, or
b
carries on business as a motor salvage operator (so far as that does not fall within paragraph (a)).
3
For the purposes of subsection (2)(b), a person carries on business as a motor salvage operator if the person carries on a business which consists wholly or substantially of—
a
recovering salvageable parts from motor vehicles for re-use or sale and selling or disposing of the rest of the vehicle for scrap,
b
buying significantly damaged motor vehicles and subsequently repairing and reselling them, or
c
buying or selling motor vehicles which are to be the subject (whether immediately or upon a subsequent resale) of any of the activities mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).