{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-33D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982/section-33D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/45",
  "legislation_title": "Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civic-government-scotland-act-1982",
  "path": "section/33D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "33D",
  "heading": "Form of records",
  "text": "(1) A metal dealer or an itinerant metal dealer (“a dealer”) must record the required information—\n(a) in books with serially numbered pages, or\n(b) by means of a device for storing and processing information.\n(2) Where a dealer records the required information in books, the dealer must use separate books for recording the required information about—\n(a) metal acquired, and\n(b) metal processed or disposed of.\n(3) Where a dealer uses a device for storing and processing information, the dealer must, by means of the device or otherwise, keep details of all modifications made in the records kept by the device.\n(4) Where a dealer is required to keep a copy of a document under section 33C, it is sufficient for the dealer—\n(a) to keep an electronic copy of the document, and\n(b) in relation to a document verifying a person's name or address, keep only one copy of the document.\n(5) In this section, “required information” means the information about metal acquired, processed or disposed of that a dealer is required to record under or by virtue of section 33C(2), (4) or (6).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 33C-33E inserted (1.12.2015 for the insertion of s. 33C for specified purposes) by Air Weapons and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2015 (asp 10), ss. 70(3), 88(2); S.S.I. 2015/382, art. 2, sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/45/section/33D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:10:54.687186+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}