Scrap Metal Industry Act 2016 (NSW)

Scrap Metal Industry Act 2016 No 42

An Act to provide for the regulation of the scrap metal industry.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Scrap Metal Industry Act 2016.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— approved means approved by the Commissioner. buy includes any of the following— (a) buy under an agreement to sell, (b) receive under an agreement to sell, (c) accept under an agreement to sell, (d) offer to receive or accept under an agreement to sell, (e) cause or allow to be received or accepted under an agreement to sell. carrying on a business—see section 4. closure order means an order made under Division 1 of Part 3. Commissioner means the Commissioner of Police. contraventions register, for Part 3, Division 3—see section 24A(1). dealing in includes buying, receiving and obtaining. manager of a scrap metal yard means the individual who has responsibility for the day-to-day control and management of activities at the scrap metal yard. motor vehicle means a motor vehicle (other than a light rail vehicle) or trailer within the meaning of the Road Transport Act 2013 and includes the body, engine or chassis of a motor vehicle. registered—see section 6 (1). registration information—see section 6 (2). scrap metal means any object of commercial value that— (a) is made from or contains metal, and (b) is sold or obtained as scrap for recycling or reprocessing of the metal, but does not include an object of a kind prescribed by the regulations. scrap metal dealer means a person who carries on a business of dealing in scrap metal, whether or not the business is registered under this Act. scrap metal yard means premises at which scrap metal is received or kept in the course of carrying on a business of dealing in scrap metal. sell includes any of the following— (a) sell by wholesale, retail, auction or tender, (b) barter or exchange, (c) supply for profit or gain, (d) offer for sale, receive for sale or expose for sale, (e) consign or deliver for sale, (f) have in possession for sale, (g) cause or allow any of the above to be done. serious criminal offence means an offence committed in New South Wales that is punishable by imprisonment for 2 years or more or an offence committed elsewhere that, if it had been committed in New South Wales, would be an offence so punishable. unique identifier, in relation to a motor vehicle, has the same meaning as in section 154E of the Crimes Act 1900.