Part II Prevention of Public Danger from Disused Tips

11 Local authorities having functions under Part II.

(1)

For the purpose of ensuring that disused tips do not, by reason of instability, constitute a danger to members of the public, local authorities shall have the functions conferred on them by this Part of this Act.

(2)

For the purposes of this Part of this Act a disused tip is a tip, as defined in section 2(1), which is neither an active nor a closed tip within the meaning of Part I of this Act.

(3)

In this Part of this Act “local authority”, . . . F1 means—

(a)

in England and Wales, the council of a county, . . . F1F2metropolitan districtor London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and

(b)

in Scotland, F3general, regional or district planning authority within the meaning of Part IX of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.

(4)

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