- Latest available (Revised) - English
- Latest available (Revised) - Welsh
- Original (As enacted) - English
- Original (As enacted) - Welsh
Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025
You are here:
What Version
Advanced Features
- Show Geographical Extent(e.g. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland)
- Show Timeline of Changes
Opening Options
Status:
This version of this part contains provisions that are prospective.
Status
The term provision is used to describe a definable element in a piece of legislation that has legislative effect – such as a Part, Chapter or section. A version of a provision is prospective either:
- where the provision (Part, Chapter or section) has never come into force or;
- where the text of the provision is subject to change, but no date has yet been appointed by the appropriate person or body for those changes to come into force.
Commencement Orders listed in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ box as not yet applied may bring this prospective version into force.
Changes to legislation:
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025, PART 1.
Changes to Legislation
Revised legislation carried on this site may not be fully up to date. At the current time any known changes or effects made by subsequent legislation have been applied to the text of the legislation you are viewing by the editorial team. Please see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for details regarding the timescales for which new effects are identified and recorded on this site.
Prospective
PART 1E+WTHE DISUSED TIPS AUTHORITY FOR WALES
Establishment and exercise of functionsE+W
1The Disused Tips Authority for WalesE+W
(1)The Disused Tips Authority for Wales is established as a body corporate.
(2)In this Act, references to “the Authority” are to that body.
(3)Schedule 1 makes further provision about the Authority.
Commencement Information
I1S. 1 in force at 1.4.2027, see s. 92(2)
2The Authority’s exercise of its functionsE+W
(1)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.
(2)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.
Commencement Information
I2S. 2 in force at 1.4.2027, see s. 92(2)
General functionsE+W
3Information, advice and assistanceE+W
(1)The Authority must give the Welsh Ministers such information, advice or assistance as they may require in connection with any matter relevant to the exercise of their functions under this Act or any of their other functions.
(2)The Authority may, of its own initiative, give the Welsh Ministers information, advice or assistance in connection with any matter relevant to the exercise of their functions under this Act or any of their other functions.
(3)The Authority may give any person other than the Welsh Ministers information or advice on, or assistance with, any matter relating to a particular disused tip or to disused tips generally.
(4)The Authority may charge a fee for the provision of information, advice or assistance under subsection (3).
(5)In this section, “assistance” includes carrying out operations on land.
Commencement Information
I3S. 3 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 92(3)
4Financial assistanceE+W
(1)The Authority may, with the consent of the Welsh Ministers, give financial assistance to any person in respect of relevant expenditure.
(2)In subsection (1), “relevant expenditure” means expenditure incurred or to be incurred by the person on anything which the Authority considers conducive to the attainment of its main objective.
(3)Financial assistance may be given under subsection (1)—
(a)by grant or loan;
(b)subject to conditions.
Commencement Information
I4S. 4 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 92(3)
5Ancillary powersE+W
(1)The Authority may do anything which is calculated to facilitate, or which is conducive or incidental to, the exercise of its functions.
(2)But the Authority may not borrow money from any person other than the Welsh Ministers.
Commencement Information
I5S. 5 in force at 1.4.2027, see s. 92(2)
Options/Help
Print Options
PrintThe Whole Act
PrintThis Part only
Legislation is available in different versions:
Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. Changes we have not yet applied to the text, can be found in the ‘Changes to Legislation’ area. The revised version is currently only available in English.
Original (As Enacted or Made) - English: The original English language version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
Original (As Enacted or Made) - Welsh:The original Welsh language version of the legislation as it stood when it was enacted or made. No changes have been applied to the text.
See additional information alongside the content
Geographical Extent: Indicates the geographical area that this provision applies to. For further information see ‘Frequently Asked Questions’.
Show Timeline of Changes: See how this legislation has or could change over time. Turning this feature on will show extra navigation options to go to these specific points in time. Return to the latest available version by using the controls above in the What Version box.
Opening Options
Different options to open legislation in order to view more content on screen at once
Explanatory Notes
Text created by the Welsh Government department responsible for the subject matter of the Act to explain what the Act sets out to achieve and to make the Act accessible to readers who are not legally qualified. Explanatory Notes accompany all Acts of Senedd Cymru.
More Resources
Access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item from this tab. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- correction slips
- links to related legislation and further information resources
Timeline of Changes
This timeline shows the different points in time where a change occurred. The dates will coincide with the earliest date on which the change (e.g an insertion, a repeal or a substitution) that was applied came into force. The first date in the timeline will usually be the earliest date when the provision came into force. In some cases the first date is 01/02/1991 (or for Northern Ireland legislation 01/01/2006). This date is our basedate. No versions before this date are available. For further information see the Editorial Practice Guide and Glossary under Help.
More Resources
Use this menu to access essential accompanying documents and information for this legislation item. Dependent on the legislation item being viewed this may include:
- the original print PDF of the as enacted version that was used for the print copy
- correction slips
Click 'View More' or select 'More Resources' tab for additional information including:
- lists of changes made by and/or affecting this legislation item
- confers power and blanket amendment details
- all formats of all associated documents
- links to related legislation and further information resources
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.