The Mines and Quarries (Tips) Regulations 1971

Reports, Plans and Sections. of Tips and Geological Map

13.  In the case of any mine or quarry with which is associated an active classified tip it shall be the duty of the manager of the mine or, as the case may be, of the owner of the quarry to keep at the office at the mine or quarry or at such other place as may be approved by an inspector—

(a) any report on or relating to every such tip obtained under these regulations;

(b) any directions relating to every such tip made by an inspector or the Secretary of State under or by virtue of the Mines and Quarries Acts 1954 and 1969;

(c) accurate plans and sections of every such tip showing clearly and accurately the extent of the tip up to a date not more than fifteen months past or such other date as an inspector may require in any particular case, accurate plans of the premises on which every such tip is situated and of the neighbouring land within 250 metres of the boundaries of the said premises and such accurate sections of the strata underlying every such tip as may be necessary to show any variation in the thickness or character of the strata which may affect the security of the tip;

(d) a geological map of the district in which every such tip is situated, being a map on the scale of 1/10,000 or, if a map on so large a scale is not available, a map on the nearest scale which shows the boundaries of the premises on which the tip is situated and the neighbouring land within 250 metres of the said boundaries.