The Mines and Quarries (Tips) Regulations 1971

Records of Refuse tipped

14.  In the case of any mine or quarry with which is associated an active classified tip—

(a) it shall be the duty of the manager of the mine or, as the case may be, of the owner of the quarry to make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby a weekly record of the nature, quantity and location of the types of refuse deposited at every such tip is entered by a competent person appointed by him in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine or quarry;

(b) it shall be the duty of the manager of the mine or, as the case may be, of the owner of the quarry to make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby an annual record of the nature, quantity and location of the types of refuse deposited at every such tip is made by a competent person appointed by him, and every such record, or a copy of such record, shall, until the tip ceases to be an active classified tip, be kept at the office at the mine or quarry or at such other place as may be approved by an inspector and be open to inspection by, or by a person authorised in that behalf in writing by, any person employed at that mine or quarry.