Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025

PART 1 THE DISUSED TIPS AUTHORITY FOR WALES

Establishment and exercise of functions

1 The Disused Tips Authority for Wales

(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.

2 The Authority’s exercise of its functions

(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.

General functions

3 Information, advice and assistance

(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.

4 Financial assistance

(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.

5 Ancillary powers

(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.