Motor Salvage Motor Salvage Operators Regulations Toolkit
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Guidance
Title: The Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002 Guidance Document
Author: Home Office/Local Government Association
No. of pages: 28
Date published: 2002
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Title: Circular HOC 47/2002: The Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001: Implementation Part 1 Sections 1-16 Regulation of Motor Salvage Operators
Author:Home Office No of pages: 2
Date published: 27 August 2002
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Title: Code of Practice for the Disposal of Motor Vehicle Salvage
Author: Association of British Insurers
No. of pages: 2
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Research
Title: Reducing Vehicle Crime
Author: National Audit Office
Number of pages: 50 (summary = 9)
Date published: January 2005
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Title: Tackling organised vehicle crime: the role of NCIS
Author: Brown, Rick, Clarke, Ronald V, Rix, Bernard & Sheptycki, James
Series: Home Office Research Findings 238
No. of pages: 6
Date published: 2004
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Legislation
Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 Chapter 3
Royal Assent: 10 April 2001
ISBN 0 10 540301 6
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The Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002
Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1916
ISBN 0 11 042635 5
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The Motor Salvage Operators Regulations (Specified Offences) Order 2002
Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1917
ISBN 0 11 042633 9
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End of Life Vehicle Regulations 2003
Statutory Instrument 2003 No. 2635
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Other sources of information relating to Motor Salvage Operators Regulations
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Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association of Great Britain (MVDA)
33 Market Street
Lichfield
Staffordshire
WS13 6LA
Tel: 01543 254254
Fax: 01543 254274
Email: enquiries@mvda.org.uk
Motor Vehicle Dismantlers Association formed was in 1943 and currently has 207 members.
All members must have relevant Environment Licenses:
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Waste Management Licence
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Authorised Treatment Facility Permit or Registration of Exemption.
The Association's Code of Practice, recommended Trading Terms and Code of Conduct must be adhered to by all members.
British Vehicle Salvage Federation (BVSF)
Bates Business Centre
Church Road
Harold Wood
Romford
Essex
RM3 0JF
Tel: 01708 381046
Fax: 01708 340485
The British Vehicle Salvage Federation represents over 85% of the vehicle salvage business in the UK. It currently has 97 members.
Members work to professional standards and are required to meet strictly enforced rules including:
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adherence to the market salvage Code of Practice and all relevant legislation
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being adequately licensed
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keeping proper audited accounts
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having appropriate insurance
Vehicle Crime Reduction Team
Ebrima Ismaila Chongan
Acquisitive Crime Team
Vehicle Crime
4th Floor Peel Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Tel: 02070351430
Fax: 08703369139
Email: Ebrima.Chongan@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
The Vehicle Crime Reduction Team within the Home Office is responsible for managing the Government target to reduce vehicle crime by 30% by 2004. The team is the secretariat for the Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team (VCRAT) which produced a 5 year strategy in September 1999, recommending initiatives to deliver this target. The Vehicle Crime Reduction Team works with the Organised Vehicle Crime Section of NCIS to support these initiatives nationally.
Last update: Friday, August 29, 2008