Section 7 – Payment
There is a fee payable to apply for a licence. Applications cannot be processed until the correct fee has been
paid. The following fees are payable upon application:
Variation of licence - general
Minor variation/Replacement licence
Variation of licence – conversation
to collectors licence
Section 8 – Criminal convictions
This section asks you to set out any relevant convictions or enforcement activity that has been undertaken
against you by the Environment Agency or Natural Resources Wales. It is an offence under the Scrap Metal
Dealers Act 2013 to make or recklessly make a false statement. The information listed here will be checked
against the Basic Disclosure Certificate from Disclosure Scotland that you are required to submit with the
application, along with information retained by the police and the Environment Agency or Natural Resources
Wales.
Section 9 – Declaration
The person who will hold the scrap metal dealer’s licence needs to sign and date the declaration, as do the
other people named on the form. This section also explains that the council has to share some of these details
with the police, Environment Agency, or Natural Resources Wales when checking whether the applicant(s) is a
suitable person to hold a licence. Some of the information will also be displayed on a public register.
If you do not agree to this use of your information then you should not sign the form. If you are in any doubt
about what this section means then speak to your council’s licensing team.
Relevant offences
Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989: Sections 1, 5 or 7
Customs and Excise Management Act 1979: Section 170 or 170B
Environment Act 1995: Section 110
Environmental Permitting Regulations 2007: Regulation 38
Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010: Regulation 38
Environmental Protection Act 1990: Sections 33, 34 or 34B
Food and Environment Protection Act 1985: Section 9
Fraud Act 2006: Section 1 (for environmental/metal theft related offences only)
Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005
Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005
Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002
Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012: Section 146
Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: Sections 327, 328, 330, 331 & 332
Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964
Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
Theft Act 1968: Sections 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22 & 25 (for environmental/metal theft related offences
only)
Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994
Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007
Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001: Part 1
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006
Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011: Regulation 42
Water Resources Act 1991: Section 85, 202 or 206