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 Mr Bridge
Thank you for your correspondence dated 26th February 2020 requesting information under the above Act, received by Kettering Borough Council on . Your request is currently on hold as we require your clarification in order to ascertain the precise information you are seeking.
You have requested the following:
Please see below.
We are unable to identify the information requested from your description. Please clarify if question 1 includes licensing renewal visits or not.
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Yours sincerely
Chloe Garland
Apprentice SMT Support
Kettering Borough Council
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Kettering
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Dear Mr Bridge
Please find attached the council’s response to your recent enquiry.
Apologies for the delay.
Kind regards
Karen Sait
Executive Assistant
(Information Governance)
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