Version Superseded: 01/04/1996
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this provision has been superseded.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Mines And Quarries (Tips) Act 1969, Section 11.
(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, . . . F1[F2metropolitan district]or 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F2Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 27
F3Words substituted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 27 Pt. II para. 192
F4S. 11(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
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