Commencement4
The following provisions of the 2013 Act shall come into force on 1st December 2013—
a
section 1(3) (offence of carrying on business as scrap metal dealer without a licence);
b
section 8(9) and (10) (offence of failing to comply with notification requirements);
c
section 9 (closure of unlicensed sites);
d
section 10(5) (offence of failing to comply with requirement to display licence);
e
section 11(4) to (7) (offence of failing to verify supplier’s identity etc);
f
section 15(4) to (6) (offence of failing to comply with record keeping requirements);
g
paragraphs 3(5) and (6) and 5 of Schedule 1 (further provision about licences: offences of failing to apply to vary a licence, and making a false statement);
h
Schedule 2 (closure of unlicensed sites).