Under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
If you are an individual, partnership or limited company that is carrying on a business as a Scrap Metal Dealer whether or not authorised by a licence, you will require either a Scrap Metal Dealer Site Licence or Scrap Metal Collector Licence within each district you trade-in.
The definition of a Scrap Metal Dealer is 'someone carrying on a business which consists wholly or in part of buying or selling scrap metal whether or not the metal is sold in the form in which it is bought'. Or carries on business as a motor salvage operator.
A motor salvage dealer carries on the business which consists:
- Wholly or partly in recovering salvageable parts from motor vehicles for re-use or sale and subsequently selling or otherwise disposing of the rest of the vehicle for scrap.
- Wholly or mainly in buying written-off vehicles and subsequently repairing or reselling them.
- Wholly or mainly in buying or selling motor vehicles which are to be the subject (whether immediately or on a subsequent re-sale) or any of the activities mentioned above.
- Wholly or mainly in activities falling within the above points.
For more information on on how East Riding of Yorkshire Council will deliver the requirements of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 in relation to both applications and compliance/enforcement activity, and what it expects of its applicants/licence holders. Please read our licensing policy on the below link:
Scrap Metal Policy (pdf 307kb)
Scrap Metal Dealer Site Licence
If you trade in scrap metal or motor salvage from fixed location within the East Riding of Yorkshire district you need to apply for Scrap Metal Dealer Site Licence.
Scrap Metal Collector Licence
This is a person that carries on a business as a scrap metal dealer otherwise than at a site and regularly engages in the course of that business in collecting waste materials and old broken/worn-out or defaced articles by means of door-to-door visits. This includes pre-arranged collection of scrap metal.