Relevant offences and enforcement actions

Home Office regulations

Scrap metal dealers relevant offences are confirmed in the Home Office Regulations.

Schedule Parts 1 and 2 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action) Regulations 2013 are listed in the following sections.

Part 1 - Primary legislation

(a) An offence under section 1, 5, or 7 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989(1)

(b) An offence under section 170 or 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(2), where the specific offence concerned relates to scrap metal

(c) An offence under section 110 of the Environment Act 1995(3)

(d) An offence under sections 33, 34 or 34B of the Environmental Protection Act 1990(4)

(e) An offence under section 9 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985(5)

(f) An offence under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006(6), where the specific offence concerned relates to scrap metal, or is an environment-related offence

(g) An offence under section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012(7)

(h) An offence under sections 327, 328 or 330 to 332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(8)

(i) Any offence under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964(9)

(j) Any offence under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013

(k) An offence under sections 1, 8,9,10, 11, 17, 18, 22 or 25 of the Theft Act 1968(10), where the specific offence concerned relates to scrap metal, or is an environment-related offence

(l) Any offence under Part 1 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001(11)

(m) An offence under sections 85, 202, or 206 of the Water Resources Act 1991(12).

Part 2 - Secondary legislation

(a) An offence under regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007(13)

(b) An offence under regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010(14)

(c) Any offence under the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005(15)

(d) Any offence under the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005(16)

(e) An offence under regulation 17(1) of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002(17)

(f) Any offence under the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000(18)

(g) Any offence under the Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007(19)

(h) Any offence under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994(20)

(i) Any offence under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007(21)

(j) Any offence under the Waste (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2006(22)

(k) An offence under regulation 42 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011(23).