3Exception of mines and minerals already vested in the Ministry.N.I.
Subsection (1) of section 1 shall not apply to any mines and minerals which, immediately before the commencement of that section, were vested in the Ministry whether by virtue of section 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Minerals (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 M1 (in this Act referred to as “the Act of 1959” ) or otherwise howsoever.
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