The Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1969

• Citation: S.I. 1969/807
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Title and commencement

These regulations may be cited as the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Prescribed Forms) Regulations 1969, and shall come into operation on 30th June 1969.

Section 2 Interpretation

(1) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of these regulations as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.

(2) In these regulations, any reference to a numbered form is a reference to the form bearing that number in the schedule hereto, or a form substantially to the like effect.

Section 3 Prescribed forms for purposes of remedial operations on disused tips

The prescribed forms for the undermentioned provisions of Part II of the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (which provide for the carrying out of remedial operations on disused mine and quarry tips constituting a public danger) shall be as follows:—

(a) for the purposes of section 14(1), the form of notice by a local authority requiring the owner of a disused tip to carry out remedial operations shall be form 1;

(b) for the purposes of section 14(5), the form of counter-notice by an owner requiring the local authority to exercise its powers under section 17 shall be form 2;

(c) for the purposes of section 16(1), the form of notice by a local authority cancelling a notice given under section 14 shall be form 3;

(d) for the purposes of section 17(2), the form of notice by a local authority to the owner of its intention to carry out remedial operations shall be form 4;

(e) for the purposes of section 17(3), the form of notice by a local authority to the owner where possible danger to the public requires it to proceed before serving a notice under section 17(2) shall be form 5;

(f) for the purposes of paragraph 2 of Schedule 2, the form of notice by a local authority specifying remedial operations which it proposes to carry out on a disused tip of which it is the owner shall be form 6.