(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.
[F1(2)For the purposes of this Part of this Act a disused tip is a tip other than one to which the Quarries Regulations 1999 or the Mines Regulations 2014 apply.]
(3)In this Part of this Act “local authority”, . . . F2 means—
(a)in England F3. . ., the council of a county, . . . F2[F4metropolitan district]or London borough, the Common Council of the City of London or the Council of the Isles of Scilly,
[F5(aa)in Wales, the council of a county or county borough,] and
(b)in Scotland, [F6a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994].
[F7(3A)In this Part of this Act, “tip” means an accumulation or deposit of refuse from a mine or quarry (whether in a solid state or in solution or suspension) other than an accumulation or deposit situated underground, and where any wall or other structure retains or confines a tip then, whether or not that wall or structure is itself composed of refuse, it is deemed to form part of the tip for the purposes of this Part.]
(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
Textual Amendments
F1S. 11(2) substituted (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 3(a) (with reg. 1(3))
F2Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
F3Words in s. 11(3)(a) repealed (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6)(8), Sch. 16 para. 34, Sch. 18 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55, Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4Words inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 16, Sch. 8 para. 27
F5S. 11(3)(aa) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(6), Sch. 16 para. 34 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F6Words in s. 11(3)(b) substituted (S.) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 81 (with s. 128(8)); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4
F7S. 11(3A) inserted (6.4.2015) by The Mines Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3248), reg. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 3(b) (with reg. 1(3))
F8S. 11(4) repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30
