Registration - motor salvage operator

Do I need to register as a Motor Salvage Operator

The Motor Salvage Operator Regulations 2002 require you to register with us if your business is involved in any of the following:

• Wholly or partly in the recovery for re-use or sale of salvageable parts from motor vehicles
• the subsequent sale or other disposal for scrap of the remainder of the vehicle concerned
• wholly or mainly in the purchase of written off vehicles and their subsequent repair or re-sale
• wholly or mainly in the sale or purchase of motor vehicles which are later sold or scrapped

Your registration will last for three years. 

Fees associated with registration as a Motor Salvage Operator application:

• Registration £50.00
• Copy of the Register of Motor Salvage Operators £10.00
• Operators may also need a Waste Management Licence which would be issued by the Environment Agency.

If you are paying in person at the Council House you will need to follow these guidelineswhen using the payment machines.

How do I register as a Motor Salvage Operator?

You must complete the Motor Salvage Dealers PF33 Application Form, Motor Salvage Dealers PF33A Police Enquiry form and send these with the relevant payment.

The forms can be downloaded and then either completed by hand or online.

What records do I need to keep?

5.1 For the purposes of section 7(1) registered persons must keep the records set out in this regulation.

5.2 These records may be maintained in either electronic or manual form and must be located at or, in the case of electronic records, accessible from the registered place of business.

5.3 When a registered person receives any vehicle he must make and keep a record of the following information—

(a) Details of the vehicle registration number, vehicle identification number,   make, model and colour of the vehicle;

(b) The name, address and contact details of the supplier of the vehicle;

(c) Details of any proof of identity shown to the registered person by, or on behalf of the supplier of the vehicle, to establish the identity of the vehicle supplier, including whether any document produced was a UK photo-card driver's licence, a passport, a utility bill, council tax bill or rent book, or other form of identification containing a photograph of the vehicle supplier;

(d) The general condition of the vehicle including details of the type of damage to the vehicle (for example whether the damage has been caused by fire, water or impact) and the part of the vehicle damaged;

(e) The date on which the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a)–(d) above was entered on the record.

5.4 When a registered person sells or otherwise disposes of any vehicle, he must add the following pieces of information to the record made under paragraph (2) of this Regulation—

(a) The date of sale or other disposal of the vehicle;

(b) The name, address, and contact details of the person receiving the vehicle;

(c) Details of any proof of identity shown to the registered person by, or on behalf of the purchaser of the vehicle, to establish the identity of the person receiving the vehicle, including whether any document produced was a UK photo-card driver’s licence, a passport, a utility bill, council tax bill or rent book, or other form of identification containing a photograph of the vehicle purchaser;

(d) The condition of the vehicle at the time of the sale or other disposal. (For example, whether it was repaired, unrepaired, dismantled, or in the same condition as at purchase);

(e) The date when the information referred to in sub-paragraphs (a)–(d) above was entered on the record.

5.5 The records referred to in this Regulation must be kept for a period of six years from the date of the last entry on the record for the vehicle.

5.6 The requirements imposed by regulations 5.3(a), (b) and (e) and 5.4(a), (b) and (e) are hereby specified as provisions to which section 7.4 of the 2001 Act applies.

Useful forms

• Contact licensing on-line

Downloads

• (word, kb)

Useful links

• Motor salvage operators regulations 2002
• Vehicle (cime) Act 2001
• Environment Agency