Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

145 Scrap metal dealing: increase in penalties for existing offences

(1) The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 is amended as follows.

(2) For the following words (which have effect as references to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale) substitute in each case “a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale”—

(a) in section 1(7) (dealer failing to register) the words from “a fine” to the end;

(b) in section 2(6) (dealer failing to record dealings) the words from “a fine” to the end;

(c) in section 3(4) (itinerant collector failing to keep receipts) the words from “a fine” to the end;

(d) in section 4(4) (convicted dealer failing to meet additional requirements) the same words before “and the court”.

(3) For the following words (which have effect as references to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale) substitute in each case “a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale”—

(a) in section 1(8) (dealer failing to give notice of cessation of business) the words from “a fine” to the end;

(b) in section 5(1) (dealer acquiring metal from a person under 16) the same words before the proviso;

(c) in section 5(2) (selling metal to a dealer under a false name or address) the words from “a fine” to the end;

(d) in section 6(5) (obstructing entry and inspection) the words from “a fine” to the end.