Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 192335

Metals: Sales

Tabled: 4 July 2023
Answered: 10 July 2023
Named Day

Question

Ruth Cadbury

LabourBrentford and Isleworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions have been bought under section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 in relation to the resale of scrap metal in the last five years.

Answer

Edward Argar
Section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 ‘Offence of buying scrap metal for cash etc’ was repealed by the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 under Section 12, with legislation of Section 12 now including the offences applica...

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