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70. Protection for certain interests in coal and coal mines.

Where the ownership¹ of any coal or coal mine was vested in the British Coal Corporation² immediately before the restructuring date³, and has not, at any time on or since that date, become vested in a person other than the Corporation or the Coal Authority by virtue of being conveyed or transferred to that person either by the Authority or the Corporation, or in accordance with a restructuring scheme⁴, there are certain protections against acquisition⁵.

First, no interest or right adverse to the title of the Authority or the Corporation in any such coal or coal mine⁶ is capable of

(2) Reorganisation Of The Coal-Mining Industry

51. The Coal Industry Act 1994.

52. Establishment and purposes of the Coal Authority.

53. Relationship with the Crown.

54. Proceedings.

55. Finances and accounts.

56. Annual report on the activities of the Coal Authority.

57. Coal-mining museum report.

58. Duties with respect to licensing.

59. Duties with respect to property.

60. Duty with respect to safety.

61. Power with respect to coal mine water discharge.

62. Duties in relation to subsidence damage.

63. General powers.

64. Restrictions affecting the Coal Authority's general powers.

65. Directions given to the Coal Authority by the Secretary of State.

66. Vesting of assets in the Coal Authority.

67. Future vesting of coal beneath extensions to territorial sea.

68. Exclusions from vesting of coal.

69. Exploitation of oil and gas in coal mines.

70. Protection for certain interests in coal and coal mines.

71. Restructuring of the functions of the British Coal Corporation.

72. Restructuring schemes.

73. Contracts transferred to the Coal Authority under a restructuring scheme.

74. Successor companies.

75. Compensation claims.

76. Grant-making powers.

77. Residual payments grant.

78. Concessionary coal.

79. Extinguishment of loans to the British Coal Corporation.

80. Provision of benefits.

81. Secretary of State's power to make regulations.

82. Modification of existing schemes.

83. Replacement schemes for employees transferred to the private sector.

84. Protection for rights under private sector schemes.

85. Benefits for redundant coal industry employees.

86. Transfer of functions of the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation.

87. Participation of employee organisations in trusts and social welfare bodies.

88. Reduction in membership and dissolution of the British Coal Corporation.

89. Coal-mining operations to be licensed.

90. Power to grant licences.

91. Publication of licensing arrangements.

92. Applications for a licence.

93. Authorisation contained in a licence.

94. Modification of a licence.

95. Conditions of a licence.

96. Conditions for the provision of security.

97. Liability for inaccurate information furnished to the Coal Authority.

98. Insolvency of licensed operators.

99. Power of the Coal Authority to make enforcement orders.

100. Coal Authority's power to require information for the purposes of enforcement.

101. Notice requirements for enforcement orders.

102. Revocation of enforcement orders.

103. Validity of enforcement orders.

104. Effect of enforcement orders.

105. Register of licences and orders.

106. Registration of rights.

107. Public access to information held by the Coal Authority.

108. Information to be kept confidential by the Coal Authority.

109. Financial provisions.

110. Service of documents.

111. Offences by bodies corporate.

112. Crown application.

113. Procedures for awarding supply and works contracts.