Breaking Cars.
Discussion
In my time I've broken a fair few cars for parts when they've come to the end of their useful life rather than selling on. I was talking with a mate about this and he said that you now need a license to break cars, even if you're sending the shell off to be scrapped properly.
Any truth in this?
Any truth in this?
Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 and The Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002
This act and subsequent regulations introduce powers to require motor salvage operators to register with their local authorities and keep records of vehicles handled with details of suppliers and recipients. They also allow the police to have right of entry to registered premises without warrant.
It's more to do with car crime than environmental concerns although you will also be subject to a raft of rules dealing with disposal of tyres, batteries, oil, coolant, etc etc
This act and subsequent regulations introduce powers to require motor salvage operators to register with their local authorities and keep records of vehicles handled with details of suppliers and recipients. They also allow the police to have right of entry to registered premises without warrant.
It's more to do with car crime than environmental concerns although you will also be subject to a raft of rules dealing with disposal of tyres, batteries, oil, coolant, etc etc
Ozzie Osmond said:
The real question is probably what you do with the bits "left over". It may well turn out that you're not a Vehicle Dismantler.....
In the past anything left over gets left in the boot when it goes to the scrappers. Usually use cartakeback.As I said I've only ever done it with my own cars that I'm disposing of as they're at the end of their lives.
Sounds to me like you may be OK. But note Vehicles Crime Act 2001 says,
Requirement of registration for motor salvage operators.
(1)Any person who carries on business as a motor salvage operator in the area of a local authority without being registered for that area by the authority shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)a person carries on business as a motor salvage operator if he carries on a business which consists—
(a)wholly or partly in the recovery for re-use or sale of salvageable parts from motor vehicles and the subsequent sale or other disposal for scrap of the remainder of the vehicles concerned;
(b)wholly or mainly in the purchase of written-off vehicles and their subsequent repair and re-sale;
Requirement of registration for motor salvage operators.
(1)Any person who carries on business as a motor salvage operator in the area of a local authority without being registered for that area by the authority shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)a person carries on business as a motor salvage operator if he carries on a business which consists—
(a)wholly or partly in the recovery for re-use or sale of salvageable parts from motor vehicles and the subsequent sale or other disposal for scrap of the remainder of the vehicles concerned;
(b)wholly or mainly in the purchase of written-off vehicles and their subsequent repair and re-sale;
davepoth said:
I'm not sure. Technically the car is still a car until the V5 is sent off to the DVLA to show it as scrapped; I'm not sure it's "dismantled" until that's done.
That's usually done by whoever I palm the remaining car off too. As I said, usually cartakeback or a local "we pay cash for non runners" type chappy.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff