SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8E+W+S Amendments of the Opencast Coal Act 1958

Compensation in respect of agricultural landE+W+S

19(1)In section 23A (compensation with a view to furthering the resumption of agriculture)—E+W+S

(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.