{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scrap-metal-dealers-act-2013-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-order-2013/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2013 Act shall come into force on 1st December 2013—\n(a) section 1(3) (offence of carrying on business as scrap metal dealer without a licence);\n(b) section 8(9) and (10) (offence of failing to comply with notification requirements);\n(c) section 9 (closure of unlicensed sites);\n(d) section 10(5) (offence of failing to comply with requirement to display licence);\n(e) section 11(4) to (7) (offence of failing to verify supplier’s identity etc);\n(f) section 15(4) to (6) (offence of failing to comply with record keeping requirements);\n(g) paragraphs 3(5) and (6) and 5 of Schedule 1 (further provision about licences: offences of failing to apply to vary a licence, and making a false statement);\n(h) Schedule 2 (closure of unlicensed sites).",
  "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/4",
    "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."
}