The Mines and Quarries (Tips) Regulations 1971

Inspections

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

(a) the manager of the mine or, as the case may be, the owner of the quarry shall make and ensure the efficient carrying out of arrangements whereby a competent person appointed for that purpose by the manager of the mine, or, as the case may be, by the owner of the quarry shall inspect weekly every such tip and the premises on which it is situated and to the best of his ability inspect the drainage of the tip and shall carry out such other inspections as are required by tipping rules;

(b) a person who has carried out an inspection in pursuance of this regulation shall forthwith make and sign a full and accurate report of the inspection, and every such report, or a copy of such report, shall, until the expiration of three years after such inspection, 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;

(c) a person who has carried out an inspection in pursuance of this regulation shall forthwith record in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine or quarry a report of every defect revealed by the inspection;

(d) the person having responsibility for a tip shall record in a book provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine or quarry the action taken to remedy any defect revealed by any inspection carried out in pursuance of this regulation.