PART 2

ASSESSMENT, REGISTRATION AND MONITORING OF DISUSED TIPS
CHAPTER 4

THE CATEGORIES OF DISUSED TIP ETC.

Categories of disused tip
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1
There are four categories in which a disused tip in the register may be placed under this Part: category 1, 2, 3 or 4.
2
The four categories represent the different degrees to which disused tips cause the Authority concern, with—
a
category 1 representing those disused tips causing the Authority most concern, and
b
category 4 representing those disused tips causing the Authority the least concern,
on the basis of one or more of the matters in subsection (3).
3
The matters are—
a
the tip’s instability;
b
the tip’s potential for instability;
c
the threat to human welfare posed by the tip’s instability;
d
the threat the tip could pose to human welfare in the event of instability.
S. 24 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 92(3)