SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Amendments of the Opencast Coal Act 1958

Compensation in respect of agricultural land

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1

In section 23A (compensation with a view to furthering the resumption of agriculture)—

a

for the words “sections 18 and 19”, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted “ section 17 ”; and

b

in subsection (4), for “by the Corporation” there shall be substituted “ by the person who immediately before the end of the period of occupation is the person entitled to the rights conferred by the order ”.

2

Sub-paragraph (1)(a) above does not apply in relation to any compulsory rights order confirmed before the restructuring date.