Structure and Summary of the Act Metal dealers Section 71 – Register of dealers in metal
222.Section 71 creates a new section 35A in the 1982 Act allowing the Scottish Ministers to make regulations establishing a register of metal dealers and itinerant metal dealers and make provision about its ongoing maintenance. The regulations may include details on such things as who is to keep and maintain the register, the duty to provide information, the information to be covered by the register, the form and publication of the register and any fees that may be relevant. Examples of information that may be included in the register might include the name (or trading names) of the person holding the licence, a contact address for the person and the person’s place of business, which type (or types) of licence the person holds and the date on which the licence (or licences) will expire.