The Act – Commentary on Sections Section 19: Consequential Amendments
53.Section 19 makes the necessary consequential amendments to existing legislation to give effect to this Act including the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 and all linked legislation; Part 1 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (which regulated motor salvage operators) and the relevant provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.