b'Under the Scrap Metal Dealers Act 2013 and the Motor Salvage Operators Regulations 2002 (SI 2002/1916), any person who carries on a business that involves the recovery of salvageable parts from motor vehicles and the subsequent sale or disposal for scrap of the remainder of the vehicle, or the purchase of written off vehicles for repair or resale, or other related activities, needs to register with their local authority. The ability for the local authority to set fees to accompany applications for registration and renewal of registration appears in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to the 2013 Act. Local authorities can determine fees with a view to recovering the reasonable costs incurred by them in connection with the administration of the registration scheme and can make arrangements so that different fees are payable in different circumstances. Until 2010, local authorities could seek help and support on all licensing and similar regulatory functions from the Local Government Associations subsidiary known as LACoRS (standing for Local Authorities Co-ordinators of Regulatory Services). Such help is still available but along with the other LGA Group companies (except Local Partnerships) many of the functions and responsibilities of LACoRs can now be obtained direct from the Local Government Association. Trading Standards 17.9 Trading Standards is the name given to what used to be the Weights and Measures department of a local authority. While the name has changed, the functions remain the same.A local authoritys functions in respect of weights and measures are set out in the Weights and Measures Act 1985 which contains a number of discretionary powers to levy charges. However, the usual practice adopted by a local authority is to comply with a nationally agreed scale of charges as set out by the Local Authority Co-ordinating Body on Trading Standards (LACOTS) now part of the Local Government Group. Section 11(4) and (5) of the 1985 Act allows an authority to determine its fees in respect of the testing, passing as fit for use for trade, and stamping of weighing and measuring equipment. Section 19 of the 1985 Act gives an authority a power to provide and maintain public weighbridges and to employ persons to attend weighings and measurings and to levy such charges as they think fit. Section 69 of the 1985 Act provides a wide power to provide advice to consumers of goods and services within an authoritys area. Section 74(1) and (2) allows an authority to levy reasonable fees through adjustments of weights and measures if it provides an adjusting service. Section 74(1) now also includes reference to the Weights and Measures (Packaged Goods) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/659). Section 76 of the 1985 Act permits the charging of such reasonable fees as an authority may determine for services or facilities provided by it in pursuit of EC obligations, including authorisations and issuing of certificates or other documents.172'