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Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
When your vehicle has reached the end of its usefulness, you must get it…
Find an authorised treatment facility (ATF) where your vehicle can be…
When you make an insurance claim because your vehicle is damaged, your…
Details of the new offence of purchasing scrap metal for cash and how the new offence will be implemented from 3 December 2012.
The modalities of the scrap trade reflect a larger struggle for power and how seemingly marginal processes impact the future balance within the city
You must get a scrap metal dealer licence from the council if you buy, sell or store scrap metal
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
How to work out the balancing charge when you dispose or sell plant or machinery after claiming full expensing or 50% first year allowances for them.
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
Find an authorised scrapyard where you can take your vehicle to be scrapped
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
This series brings together documents relating to Defence Equipment Sales Authority (DESA) ship recycling.
How to apply for accreditation, comply with your accreditation and packaging waste technical information.
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You need an itinerant (travelling) metal dealer's licence to buy and sell scrap metal door-to-door in Scotland
The T9 exemption allows you to treat scrap metal for handling or recovery by sorting, grading, shearing by manual feed, baling, crushing or cutting with handheld equipment.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
If you buy or sell second-hand vehicles, find out how other products and circumstances affect the scheme and how you account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
Apply to become an approved authorised treatment facility (AATF) and how to operate legally under the approval.
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