The Disused Tips Authority for Wales is established as a body corporate.

In this Act, references to “the Authority” are to that body.

Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Authority.

The‍ Authority must exercise its functions under this Act with a view to ensuring that disused tips do not threaten human welfare by reason of their instability.

In exercising its functions under this Act, the Authority must also promote high standards in relation to the management of disused tips and threats to their stability.