Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council

Application for a Scrap Metal Licence

SECTION 1. (For all applicants)
Please indicate the type of licence you are applying for (please tick): A site licence A collector’s licence
Are you applying as (please tick): An individual A company A partnership
Please state your trading name
Is this application for a grant of a new licence or a renewal (please tick the relevant box) Grant of a new licence Renewal of an existing licence If ‘Renewal’ please provide your existing licence number

SECTION 2. Permits, registrations and licences in force
Please provide details of any relevant environmental permit, exemption or registration (such as scrap metal dealer or a motor salvage operator) in relation to the applicant:
Type:	Identifying number:	Date of issue:
Type:	Identifying number:	Date of issue:
Continue on a separate sheet if necessary
Please provide details, including licence number, of any scrap metal licence issued by any authority to the applicant within the last 3 years (please use a contination sheet if necessary):
Are you registered as a waste carrier (please tick) Yes No If ‘Yes’ please provide your carrier’s registration number:

SECTION 3. TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A SITE LICENCE N.B- A site licence authorises the licensee to carry on business at any site in the authority’s area. You can apply to licence multiple sites using this form.
Details of prospective licence holder Title (please tick) Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other (please state):
Surname
Forenames
Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by:
I am 18 years old or over. Please tick Yes No
Date of Birth
Position/Role in the business:
I attach a Basic Disclosure Certificate issued for the applicant by the Disclosure & Barring Service: (1) Yes No If you do not provide a disclosure certificate your application may be delayed or rejected.

CONTACT DETAILS (we will use your business address to correspond with you unless you indicate we should use your home address).
Business Address:
Head office name or house name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Telephone contact numbers:
Daytime:	Evening:
Mobile:
Email address (if you would prefer us to correspond with you by email): Please note that you must still provide us with a postal address.
Home address: Please use my home address for correspondence
House name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:

SITE DETAILS. Please list the details for each site where you propose to carry on business as a scrap metal dealer in this local authority area. If you operate more than two sites in the area please provide details for each site on a continuation sheet. [N.B- If the applicant operates multiple sites within a licensing authority area, provision should be made for more than one site manager]
Site 1 Name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Email address:
Website address:
Site 1 manager details (if different from the applicant)
Name (2)
House name or number: (3)
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Date of Birth
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No (4)
Site 2 Name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Email address:
Website address:
Site 2 manager details (if different from the applicant)
Name:
House name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No

PARTNERSHIPS (If you are applying as a partnership, please provide the following details in respect of each partner – where there are more than two partners then please use a continuation sheet)
Full name: (5)
Date of birth:
Residential address:
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No (6)
Full name:
Date of birth:
Residential address:
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No

COMPANIES (If you are applying as a company please provide the details set out below about the company)
Company name:
Registration number:
Address of the registered office:
Please provide the following details for each director(s), shadow director(s) and company secretary where these are different from the applicant and site manager(s) – where necessary please use a continuation sheet.
Role:
Name:
Date of birth:
House name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No (7)
Role:
Name:
Date of birth:
House name or number: (8)
First line of address:
Town/City
Postcode
Basic Disclosure certificate attached Yes No

Please provide details of any site in the area of any other local authority at which the applicant carries on business as a scrap metal dealer or proposes to do so
Address: Postcode: Please name the local authority which has licensed this site, or to whom applications have been made if before commencement of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013: Please continue on a separate sheet of paper if necessary
Only applicable to sites established after 1st November 1990 Do you have planning permission (please tick) Yes No

Further information about Basic Disclosure Certificates and the Disclosure & Barring Service are set out in the explanatory notes accompanying this form.

Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by.

Please provide the site manager’s home address as this will facilitate conducting checks on whether they are a suitable person.

If you do not provide a disclosure certificate issued for named persons by the Disclosure & Barring Service issued no more than three months before the date of this application your application may be delayed or rejected.

Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by.

If you do not provide a disclosure certificate issued for named persons by the Disclosure & Barring Service issued no more than three months before the date of this application your application may be delayed or rejected.

If you do not provide a disclosure certificate issued for named persons by the Disclosure & Barring Service issued no more than three months before the date of this application your application may be delayed or rejected.

Please provide the director’s home address as this will facilitate conducting checks on whether they are a suitable person.

SECTION 4. TO BE COMPLETED IF APPLYING FOR A COLLECTOR’S LICENCE N.B- A collector’s licence authorises the licensee to carry out business as a mobile collector in the authority’s area only.
Details of prospective licence holder Title (please tick) Mr Mrs Miss Ms Other (please state):
Surname
Forenames
Please also state your maiden name or any other surnames you have previously been known by:
I am 18 years old or over. Please tick Yes No
Date of birth
I attach a Basic Disclosure Certificate for the applicant by the Disclosure & Barring Service (9): Yes No If you do not provide a disclosure certificate your application may be delayed or rejected.

CONTACT DETAILS (we will use your business address to correspond with you unless you indicate we should use your home address)
Business Address:
House name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:
Telephone contact numbers:
Daytime	Evening
Mobile
Email address (if you would prefer us to correspond with you by email) Please note that you must still provide us with a postal address
Home address: Please use my home address for correspondence
House name or number:
First line of address:
Town/City:
Postcode:

Further information about Basic Disclosure Certificates and the Disclosure & Barring Service are set out in the explanatory notes accompanying this form.

SECTION 5. MOTOR SALVAGE (For all applicants)
Will your business consist of acting as a motor salvage operator? This is defined as a business that: wholly or in part recovers salvageable parts from motor vehicles for re-use or re-sale, and then sells the rest of the vehicle for scrap; wholly or mainly involves buying written-off vehicles and then repairing and selling them off; and, wholly or mainly buys or sells motor vehicles for the purpose of salvaging parts from them or repairing them and selling them off. (please tick) Yes No To operate as a motor salvage operator you will need to apply for a site licence.

SECTION 6. BANK ACCOUNTS THAT WILL BE USED FOR PAYMENTS TO SUPPLIERS (For all applicants)
Please provide details of the bank account(s) that will be used to make payment to suppliers, in accordance with s12 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. If more than two bank accounts will be used, please use a continuation sheet.
Account name:	Sort Code:
Account Number:
Account name:	Sort code:
Account number:

SECTION 7. PAYMENT (For all applicants)
Cheque or postal order attached for payment (made payable to Sefton MBC)? (please tick) Cheque Postal Order

SECTION 8. CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS (For all applicants)
Have you, any listed partners, any listed directors, or any listed site manager(s) in this application ever been convicted of a relevant offence or been the subject of any relevant enforcement action? (Please see below for a list of relevant offences). Yes No If ‘yes’ you must provide details for each conviction, the date of the conviction, the name and location of the convicting court, offence of which you were convicted and the sentence imposed:
SECTION 9. TAX CONDITIONALITY (For all applicants)
From 4 April 2022 the Finance Act 2021 applies tax conditionality to licence applications for a Scrap Metal Licence. There are differing conditions for first time applicants and for those who are renewing or have held a licence previously. First time licence applicants must provide confirmation that they are aware of the guidance about their tax obligations. Please read the guidance and note that you are asked to confirm that you are aware of the guidance at the declaration in Section 10 on this form. This application form will not be considered as complete unless you confirm that you have read the guidance. Applicants renewing (or who have held a licence before) must obtain confirmation from HMRC that they have completed the check before the licensing authority is able to consider their application. You must carry out the tax check yourself. You cannot ask a tax agent or adviser to do this on your behalf. The tax check will ask questions about how you pay any tax that may be due on income you earn from your licensed trade. After you have completed the tax check you will be given a 9-character tax check code. You need to give the code on this application so we can confirm that you have carried out the tax check. Please place the code below exactly as given:

SECTION 10 DECLARATION (For all applicants)
The information contained in this form is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that if I make a material statement knowing it to be false, or if I recklessly make a material statement which is false, I will be committing an offence under Schedule 1 Para 5 of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, for which I may be prosecuted, and if convicted, fined. I understand that the local authority to whom I make my application may consult other agencies about my suitability to be licensed as a scrap metal dealer, as per section 3(7) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, and that those other agencies may include other local authorities, the Environment Agency, the Natural Resources Body for Wales, and the police. I understand that the purpose of the sharing of this data is to form a full assessment of my suitability to be licensed as a scrap metal dealer. I also understand that the sharing of information about me may extend to sensitive personal data, such as data about any previous criminal offences. Some details will also be displayed on a national register, as required by the Scrap metal Dealers Act 2013. I hereby expressly consent to this processing of my data and display of relevant information on the public register. HMRC has powers to obtain information from licensing authorities: ‘Schedule 23 to Finance Act 2011 (Data Gathering Powers) and Schedule 36 to Finance Act 2008 (Information and Inspection Powers), grant HMRC powers to obtain relevant information from third parties. This includes licensing bodies being required to provide information about licence applicants.’ I confirm that I am aware of the content of HMRC guidance relating to my (our) tax registration obligations.
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Help with completing your application for a scrap metal dealer’s licence

Section 1 – For everyone

This section asks if you are applying for a collector’s licence or a site licence. You may only apply for one type of licence in each council area, but you can apply to run multiple sites. For instance, you could apply to run 3 sites in council A’s area, and also apply to be a collector in council B’s area.

A site licence lets you buy and sell scrap metal from a fixed location within the council area.

A collector’s licence allows you to travel within the council area to collect scrap metal. You may not take this metal back to a site that you run within the council area in order to sell it.

Section 2 – For everyone

In order to carry on your business you may need to hold other environmental permits or licences that we should know about. For instance, if you carry waste as part of your business it is a legal requirement to register as a waste carrier. This includes transporting waste while travelling from job to job, to a storage place for disposal later, or to a waste disposal company or waste site. For more information on this, or to register call: 03708 506506 or visit: www.environment-agency.gov.uk/wastecarriers

This section also asks for details of any other scrap metal licences you hold. Please make sure you include the licence number so that we can check this against the national register.

Section 3 – For site licences

Fill out this section if you want a site licence. It should be filled out in the name of the person who will hold the scrap metal dealer’s licence. As well as details about you and your business, we will also need details of any directors or partners involved in the business including their home address. We also need to know the address of the site or sites you want the licence for, as well as the details of each site manager responsible for that site including their home address. These details are required by law or to facilitate checks on the applicant or so that you can be contacted if there are any problems.

You and every person listed on the application form needs to submit a Basic Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service. You can apply for this certificate at:

https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record

This is because the Home Office has decided that you and any person listed on the application need to tell the council if you have been convicted of certain crimes. Possessing a conviction may not automatically prevent you from having a licence if the offence was unrelated to being a scrap metal dealer or a long time ago, and you can convince the council that you are a suitable person.

A Basic Disclosure Certificate is considered to be only valid for a limited time, but can be used to apply to as many councils as you want within that time. Typically, three months is the longest that you can expect your check to be considered valid.

There is not much space on the form, so if you need to list more than one site manager, director, or partner, then please continue on a separate piece of paper setting out the details in the same way as the form.

A site manager is the person who will be in charge of the site on a daily basis.

A director or partner is someone who has or shares legal responsibility for the operation of the company, including filing returns at Companies House.

We also want to know if you operate or propose to operate a site in another local authority area, along with details of this site, the council which has licensed it or to whom you have applied for a licence.

If your site(s) were established after 1990, then you are required to have planning permission from the council. You will need to tell us if this is the case, and it will be checked with the council planning department.

Section 4 – For a collector’s licence

Fill out this section if you want a collector’s licence. It should be filled out in the name of the person who will hold the scrap metal dealer’s licence. You are asked to provide contact details, including the place where you live, so that the council can get in touch with you if necessary.

You need to submit a Basic Disclosure Certificate from the Diclosure & Barring Service along with the application form. You can apply for this certificate at:

https://www.gov.uk/request-copy-criminal-record

This is because the Home Office has decided that you need to tell the council if you have been convicted of certain crimes. Possessing a conviction may not automatically prevent you from having a licence if the offence was unrelated to being a scrap metal dealer or a long time ago, and you can convince the council that you are a suitable person.

A Basic Disclosure Certificate is considered to be only valid for a limited time, but can be used to apply to as many councils as you want within that time. Typically, three months is the longest that you can expect your check to be considered valid.

You will need to ensure that all your vehicles are roadworthy and are properly taxed, insured and otherwise meet the legal requirements to be on the road.

Section 5 – Motor salvage operator

This section asks if you will be salvaging motor vehicles as part of your work. The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 brings together the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 together with Part 1 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001, which means you now only need a scrap metal dealer’s licence. You will need to apply for a site licence to operate as a motor salvage operator.

Section 6 – Bank accounts that will be used for payments to suppliers

This section asks you for the bank details which you will use to pay people for the scrap metal you receive or sell. This is to check that you are not selling the metal for cash, which is illegal. These details will be kept securely by the council.

Section 7 – Payment

There is a fee to apply for a licence and your council will tell you how you can pay. The fee varies from council to council as it reflects their costs of processing the form and checking that people are doing what the licence requires. Applications cannot be accepted unless the correct fee has been paid.

Section 8 – Criminal convictions

This section asks you to set out any relevant offences (see below for a list of these matters) 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 the Disclosure & Barring Service 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 – Tax Conditionality

First time licence applicants must provide confirmation that they are aware of the guidance about their tax obligations. You can read the Guidance via:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-a-tax-check-for-a-taxi-private-hire-or-scrap-metal-licence

For applicants renewing (or who have held a licence before) they need to complete a Tax Check.This should only take a few minutes. There is guidance on GOV.UK and anyone who needs extra support will be able to complete the tax check by phone through HMRC’s customer helpline. You can also do this via:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/complete-a-tax-check-for-a-taxi-private-hire-or-scrap-metal-licence.

Section 10 – 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

For the purposes of section 3(3)(b) of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013, “relevant offence” means any offence specified in the Schedule contained within SI 2258 / 2013 (The Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 (Prescribed Relevant Offences and Relevant Enforcement Action ) Regulations 2013), and includes an offence of:

Attempting or conspiring to commit any offence falling within the Schedule;

Inciting or aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of any offence falling within the Schedule, and

An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging or assisting crime) committed in relation to any offence falling within the Schedule.

The following offences are included:

Primary Legislation

An offence under section 1, 5, or 7 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989

An offence under section 170 or 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979,where the specific offence concerned relates to scrap metal

An offence under section 110 of the Environment Act 1995

An offence under sections 33, 34 or 34B of the Environmental Protection Act 1990

An offence under section 9 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985

An offence under section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006, where the specific offence concernedrelates to scrap metal, or is an environment-related offence

An offence under section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012

An offence under sections 327, 328 or 330 to 332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Any offence under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964

Any offence under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013

An offence under sections 1, 8,9,10, 11, 17, 18, 22 or 25 of the Theft Act 1968, where thespecific offence concerned relates to scrap metal, or is an environment-related offence

Any offence under Part 1 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001

An offence under sections 85, 202, or 206 of the Water Resources Act 1991

Secondary legislation

An offence under regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)Regulations 2007

An offence under regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales)Regulations 2010

Any offence under the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005

Any offence under the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005

An offence under regulation 17(1) of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002

Any offence under the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000

Any offence under the Producer Responsibility (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007

Any offence under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994

Any offence under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007

Any offence under the Waste (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations 2006

An offence under regulation 42 of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011