Issue - meetings

To consider the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013.

The Committee considered a report regarding the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, which was designed to provide a more robust scheme for monitoring the scrap metal industry and would be coming into force on 1 October 2013.

The current overlapping regimes for the vehicle salvage and scrap metal industries would be incorporated in a single regulatory system that reflected the current scope of the scrap metal industry.  Local authorities were being given the power to better regulate these industries by being able to refuse to grant a licence to ‘unsuitable’ applicants and to revoke licences if the dealer became ‘unsuitable’.

RESOLVED – That Council be recommended:

(a)          To approve the scheme of implementation and delegations, as set out in Appendix 2 to the report.

(b)          To approve the details of the Suitable Person Test to be employed by Cheshire East Council, as set out in Appendix 1 to the report.

(c)          To approve the following fees and charges in relation to Scrap Metal Dealers licensing activities:

Site Licence: £160.00

Collectors Licence: £160.00