sec.11Meaning of quarry

### sec.11 Meaning of quarry A quarry is a place on land where operations are carried on, continuously or from time to time, to produce construction or road building material. aggregates, road base, manufactured sand, rail ballast, armour rock, landscaping products However, a place on land where operations are carried on, continuously or from time to time, to produce construction or road building material is not a quarry if the operations are carried on— to produce construction or road building material substantially for use at a construction site at the place, or that adjoins or is adjacent to the place; or to excavate building foundations as part of construction work; or to extract, but not crush or shape— any type of gravel; or road gravel or river gravel river sand; or to redevelop the place as a place for any of the following— housing; a shopping complex; an industrial estate; a recreation area; a landfill site. In this section— construction site means a place on land where construction work is performed. construction work see the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 . s 11 amd 2002 No. 25 s 24 sub 2011 No. 2 s 77 amd 2011 No. 18 s 404 sch 4 pt 1 ; 2024 No. 34 s 151 (sec.11-ssec.1) A quarry is a place on land where operations are carried on, continuously or from time to time, to produce construction or road building material. aggregates, road base, manufactured sand, rail ballast, armour rock, landscaping products (sec.11-ssec.2) However, a place on land where operations are carried on, continuously or from time to time, to produce construction or road building material is not a quarry if the operations are carried on— to produce construction or road building material substantially for use at a construction site at the place, or that adjoins or is adjacent to the place; or to excavate building foundations as part of construction work; or to extract, but not crush or shape— any type of gravel; or road gravel or river gravel river sand; or to redevelop the place as a place for any of the following— housing; a shopping complex; an industrial estate; a recreation area; a landfill site. (sec.11-ssec.3) In this section— construction site means a place on land where construction work is performed. construction work see the Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011 . - (a) to produce construction or road building material substantially for use at a construction site at the place, or that adjoins or is adjacent to the place; or - (b) to excavate building foundations as part of construction work; or - (c) to extract, but not crush or shape— (i) any type of gravel; or Examples of gravel— road gravel or river gravel (ii) river sand; or - (i) any type of gravel; or Examples of gravel— road gravel or river gravel - (ii) river sand; or - (d) to redevelop the place as a place for any of the following— (i) housing; (ii) a shopping complex; (iii) an industrial estate; (iv) a recreation area; (v) a landfill site. - (i) housing; - (ii) a shopping complex; - (iii) an industrial estate; - (iv) a recreation area; - (v) a landfill site. - (i) any type of gravel; or Examples of gravel— road gravel or river gravel - (ii) river sand; or - (i) housing; - (ii) a shopping complex; - (iii) an industrial estate; - (iv) a recreation area; - (v) a landfill site.