Enforcement of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013
Dear FOI team,
I would like to make the following requests under the Freedom of Information Act.
1. How many visits have your Local Authority Officers made to licensed Scrap Metal Dealers in order to enforce the provisions of the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 since October 2018?
2 How many closure orders have been issued or enforcement actions undertaken by yourselves against scrap metal dealers, both mobile and site-based, since October 2018?
Yours faithfully,
Rowan Bridge
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Dear Rowan Bridge
Thank you for your request for information about :
How many visits have your Local Authority Officers made to licensed Scrap
Metal Dealers in order to enforce the provisions of the Scrap Metal
Dealers Act 2013 since October 2018? How many closure orders have been
issued or enforcement actions undertaken by yourselves against scrap metal
dealers, both mobile and site-based, since October 2018?
Your request was received on 26/02/2020. and we are dealing with it under
the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000/The Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
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Dear Mr Bridge
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION – Scrap Metal Dealers – FOI6225
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 received by the Council ON 26 February 2020.
You requested information regarding scrap metal dealers and I confirm that
the information is held by the Council and is being disclosed herewith:-
1. How many visits have your Local Authority Officers made to licensed
Scrap Metal Dealers in order to enforce the provisions of the Scrap Metal
Dealers Act 2013 since October 2018? Seven (7)
2 How many closure orders have been issued or enforcement actions
undertaken by yourselves against scrap metal dealers, both mobile and
site-based, since October 2018? Nil (0)
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Yours sincerely
Ann Chester
Ann Chester
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