Section 29(5A)

A “relevant offence” means an offence under— the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 1964, section 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 22 or 25 of the Theft Act 1968, where the offence relates to scrap metal or is an environment-related offence, section 170 or 170B of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, where the offence relates to scrap metal, section 9 of the Food and Environment Protection Act 1985, section 1, 5 or 7 of the Control of Pollution (Amendment) Act 1989, section 33, 34 or 34B of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 85, 202 or 206 of the Water Resources Act 1991, the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 1994, section 110 of the Environment Act 1995, the Control of Major Accident Hazards Regulations 2015, the Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulations 2000, Part 1 of the Vehicles (Crimes) Act 2001, regulation 17(1) of the Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002, section 327, 328 or 330 to 332 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 , the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005, the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005, section 1 of the Fraud Act 2006, where the offence relates to scrap metal or is an environment-related offence, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2006, regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2007, the Producer Responsibility Obligations (Packaging Waste) Regulations 2007, the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007, regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010, regulation 42 of these Regulations, section 146 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations 2013, the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013. regulation 38 of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-07-30