# The Mines Regulations 2014, Paragraph 3

Extent: E+W+S

In the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969—
(a) in section 11, for subsection (2) substitute—
“(2) For the purposes of this Part of this Act a disused tip is a tip other than one to which the Quarries Regulations 1999 or the Mines Regulations 2014 apply.”;
(b) in section 11, after subsection (3) insert—
“(3A) In this Part of this Act, “tip” means an accumulation or deposit of refuse from a mine or quarry (whether in a solid state or in solution or suspension) other than an accumulation or deposit situated underground, and where any wall or other structure retains or confines a tip then, whether or not that wall or structure is itself composed of refuse, it is deemed to form part of the tip for the purposes of this Part.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3248/schedule/5/paragraph/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mines-regulations-2014/schedule-5/paragraph-3
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