Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Act 2025

27 Reviews of categorisation

(1) Where—

(a) the Authority carries out a full assessment under section 17 in relation to a disused tip in the register, and

(b) the report concludes that the criteria for registering the tip continue to be met,

the Authority must review the tip’s category as soon as practicable.

(2) The Authority may review a disused tip’s category at any other time.

(3) If the Authority considers, on a review, that a disused tip’s category ought to be changed, it must propose a different category for the tip as soon as practicable.

(4) In reviewing a disused tip’s category, and in proposing a different category for a disused tip, the Authority must—

(a) have regard to the report of the most recent full assessment carried out in relation to the tip, and

(b) follow the policy in the statement published under section 25.

(5) The Authority may have regard to any other information it considers relevant in reviewing a disused tip’s category, or in proposing a different category for a disused tip.

(6) See Chapter 5 for provision about the procedure to be followed by the Authority when proposing, and making, a change to the category for a disused tip.