Registration Under the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001
Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002
The above legislation applies to people involved in the motor salvage business.
The legislation requires local councils to establish and maintain a register of people carrying on a business as a motor salvage operator. The register has to contain prescribed information and a fee is chargeable for registration or renewal. Each registration will be valid for a period of three years from the date on which the entry was made.
The local council may on the basis of information available to it, decide to refuse an application for registration. In reaching such a decision, information given on the application will be taken into account, together with information provided by the police. Applicants who are refused have the right to make representations orally or in writing, provided they request the local council give them the opportunity to do so within 14 days.
Section 1 of the above Act makes it an offence to fail to register. Anyone who fails to do so will be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine of up to £5,000. Additionally, any applicant for registration (or renewal) who knowingly or recklessly makes a false statement or provides false information on their application form will be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a find not exceeding £1,000.
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Motor salvage register