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A scrap metal dealer must keep transaction records in the form and manner approved by the Commissioner of Police for a period of three years.

The transaction records must be kept at a premises at which the dealer carries on a scrap metal business. A scrap metal dealer who carries on a scrap metal business only from a motor vehicle must keep the transaction records in the motor vehicle.

The records can be in either electronic or hard copy format providing all the required information is recorded.

The below "Sample Transaction Record", which contains the minimum information required by the legislation to be recorded for each transaction, may be used by scrap metal dealers.

Sample Transaction Record (MS Word)