{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1966",
  "legislation_title": "The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2013 Act shall come into force on 1st October 2013—\n(a) section 1(1) and (2) (requirement for licence to carry on business as scrap metal dealer);\n(b) section 2 (form and effect of licence);\n(c) section 3 (issue of licence);\n(d) section 4 (revocation of licence and imposition of conditions);\n(e) section 5 (further provision about licences) insofar as it is not already in force;\n(f) section 6 (supply of information by authority);\n(g) section 7 (register of licences);\n(h) section 8(1) to (8), and (11) (notification requirements);\n(i) section 10(1) to (4) (display of licence);\n(j) section 11(1) to (3) (verification of supplier’s identity);\n(k) section 12 (offence of buying scrap metal for cash);\n(l) section 13 (record of dealings: receipt of metal);\n(m) section 14 (record of dealings: disposal of metal);\n(n) section 15(1) to (3) (records: supplementary);\n(o) section 16 (right to enter and inspect);\n(p) section 17 (offences by body corporate);\n(q) section 18 (review of Act);\n(r) section 19 (consequential amendments);\n(s) section 21 (“carrying on business as a scrap metal dealer” and “scrap metal”);\n(t) section 22 (other definitions);\n(u) paragraphs 1, 2, 3(1) to (4), 4 and 7 to 9 of Schedule 1 (further provision about licences).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1966/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:45:27.195739+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."
}