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).