Prevention of Crimes Act 1871

13 Penalty to dealers in old metals purchasing quantities less than stated in schedule.

Any dealer in old metals who either personally or by any servant or agent purchases, receives, or bargains for any meta mentioned in the first column of the schedule annexed hereto whether new or old, in any quantity at one time of less weigh than the quantity set opposite each such metal in the second column of the schedule annexed hereto, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and be liable to a penalty not exceeding five pounds.

For the purposes of this section the term " dealer in old metals" shall mean any person dealing in, buying, and selling old metal scrap metal, broken metal, or partly manufactured metal goods, or defaced or old metal goods, and whether such person deals in such articles only, or together with second-hand goods or marine stores.