Schedule 8: Costs in criminal cases: service courts Schedule 25: Rehabilitation of offenders: consequential provision Chapter 9: Offences Section 147: Review of offence of buying scrap metal for cash etc
803.Section 147 places a duty on the Secretary of State to review the offence of buying scrap metal for cash within five years of the offence coming into force. The purpose of this review is to assess whether the offence has achieved the objectives that it was intended to achieve and whether it is appropriate to retain the offence.