Event organised by ICE
Welsh Government will provide an update on the Disused Mine and Quarry Tips (Wales) Bill which was introduced to the Senedd in December 2024.
The Bill provides for a new system of regulation for disused tips in Wales (both coal and non-coal), delivering a consistent approach to the assessment, registration, monitoring, maintenance and oversight of disused tips.
It removes functions placed on local authorities in Wales under the Mines and Quarries (Tips) Act 1969 (the 1969 Act) to ensure that disused tips do not constitute a danger to members of the public.
This, in effect, largely disapplies Part 2 of the 1969 Act in relation to Wales.
The Bill establishes a new body to implement the regime, the Disused Tips Authority for Wales (the Authority), whose objective, when carrying out its functions, is to ensure that disused tips do not threaten human welfare by reason of their instability.
The Bill provides the authority with the power to require an owner of land to carry out operations, and it gives the authority the power to carry out operations on land itself. It also makes provision for connected purposes.
Welsh Government
Head of Operations
Sam Deeley is the head of operations for Mining Legacy and Reservoir Safety in Welsh Government.
Sam is a ground engineering specialist who joined Welsh Government in 2021 and is the technical lead for coal tip safety policy
Open to everyone, this may be particularly useful to those preparing for their CEng professional review. Following the recent streamlining process, several changes are being implemented to the professional review process as of January 2022.
This event will highlight the critical role of PAS 2080: Carbon Management in Buildings and Infrastructure in driving global decarbonisation efforts.
NEC’s options X29 is called ‘Climate change’ and allows a client to set targets for anything. And so, despite its name it can be used to set targets for eg things affecting operational cost or even ‘social value’
