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Government acts against metal thieves

26th of January 2012

Cash payments for scrap metal will be banned and penalties increased, the Home Secretary Theresa May announced today, as the government stepped up action against the growing menace of metal theft.
In a statement to Parliament, the Home Secretary said the government intends to lay an urgent amendment to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill to:
• create a new criminal offence to prohibit cash payments to purchase scrap metal; and
• significantly increase the fines for all offences under the existing Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964 that regulates the scrap metal recycling industry.

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