Government Notice No. 4073 of 2023

Second-Hand Goods Act (6/2009) » Amendments to Regulations for Dealers and Recyclers

Title	Second-Hand Goods Act (6/2009) » Amendments to Regulations for Dealers and Recyclers
Department	Civilian Secretariat for Police
Gazette	National Gazettes, No. 49720 of 17 November, 2023, 3 page(s), 54.4Kb

34   No. 49720              GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 17 NOVEMbER 2023

CIVILIAN SECRETARIAT FOR THE POLICE SERVICE

NO.  4073                                                                           17 November 2023
                                         INVITATION FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS
                                SECOND-HAND GOODS ACT, 2009 (ACT NO. 06 OF 2009)
                            AMENDMENTS TO REGULATIONS FOR DEALERS AND RECYCLERS

In Government Notice No. R. 2801 published in Government Gazette No. 47627 dated

30 November 2022,      the    Minister    of    Trade,    Industry    and    Competition
                (the "Trade Minister")  published  the  Policy  Implementation  Actions  on  Measures  to
                Restrict and Regulate Trade in Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metals Waste, Scrap and Semi-

Finished Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Metal Products to Limit Damage to Infrastructure and
                the Economy (the "Policy").

In the Policy, the Trade Minister set out various interventions which are to be implemented

in what may broadly be described as a three-phased approach and proposed that the
                enhancement  of  the  regulation  of  the  scrap  metal  trade  through  amendments  to  the

Regulations  published  under  the  Second-Hand  Goods  Act,  (Act  No. 6 of 2009)
                (the "SHGA").

The  following  changes  are  being  considered  to  the  Regulations  published  under  the

SHGA:

1.  Enforcement of the registration regime for scrap metal sellers

While the SHGA contemplates that both buyers and sellers of scrap metal are
                      required  to  be  registered,  this  requirement  is  currently  being  enforced  against

buyers but not sellers.

Going  forward,  the  Government  intends  to  enforce  the  requirement  that  scrap
                      metal sellers are subject to the registration regime envisaged in the SHGA.  It is
                      envisaged that a registration exemption will apply in relation to waste pickers (but

not in relation to copper scrap metal).

2.  Enhanced registration requirements

Registration as scrap metal buyers and sellers will only be granted to businesses

that have a satisfactory Tax Compliance Status.

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