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Commencement

4.  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).