Mining Industry Act 1920 (c. 50)

Part I U.K. Administration of Mining Industry

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Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 1, 2(2) repealed by Ministry of Fuel and Power Act 1945 (c. 19), Sch. 3

2 General powers and duties. U.K.

(1) . . . F2 there shall . . . F2 be transferred to the Board of Trade all the powers of a Secretary of State under enactments relating to mines and quarries.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(3) The Board of Trade shall undertake the collection, preparation, and publication of information and statistics relating to the mining industry, and shall co-operate with such Committees of the Privy Council as are formed for the purpose, and any other Government departments concerned, in the initiation and direction of research in relation to matters connected with the powers and duties of the Board of Trade.

(4)–(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F2 Words repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

F3 Ss. 1, 2(2) repealed by Ministry of Fuel and Power Act 1945 (c. 19), Sch. 3

F4 S. 2(4)—(7) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

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Textual Amendments

F5 S. 3 repealed by Coal Mines (Decontrol) Act 1921 (c. 6), s. 1(5)

4 Advisory committees. U.K.

(1) The Board of Trade shall appoint committees for the purpose of giving the Board advice and assistance on matters connected with their powers and duties under this Act relating to coal and the coal industry and to the metalliferous mining industry respectively, and may appoint one or more other committees for the purpose of giving the Board advice and assistance on matters connected with any of their other powers and duties relating to mines and the mining industry, and in appointing members of any committee hereinbefore referred to the Board of Trade shall act after consultation with the various interests concerned.

(2) The Board of Trade shall refer to an advisory committee for advice any question relating to the powers and duties of the Board relating to mines and the mining industry which appears to the Board of such a nature as to make such reference desirable, and shall take into consideration any representations thereon which may be made to the Board by any such committee.

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Textual Amendments

F6 S. 4(3) repealed by Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59), Sch. 4

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 4 repealed so far as requires appointment of coal advisory committee by Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59), s. 39

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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

(3), (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 5(1) repealed by Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 (c. 38), Sch. 4

F8 S. 5(2) repealed by Ministry of Fuel and Power Act 1945 (c. 19), Sch. 3

F9 S. 5(3),(4) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1953 (2 & 3 Eliz. 2 c. 5)

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Textual Amendments

F10 S. 6 repealed by Ministers of the Crown Act 1937 (c. 38), Sch. 4