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27(1)In section 17(4) of the Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (interpretation), paragraph (a) of the definition of “statutory undertakers” (the British Coal Corporation) shall be omitted.E+W
(2)In section 29 of that Act (application for the purposes of the M1Opencast Coal Act 1958)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)in paragraph (b), for “the British Coal Corporation” there shall be substituted “ the Coal Authority ”; and
(ii)in paragraph (c), the words “on the British Coal Corporation” shall be omitted;
and
(b)after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(6A)Part III of this Act shall apply as if section 17 were omitted.”
(3)In paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 2 to that Act (saving for section 17 of the M2Coal Act 1938), for “section 17(1) of the Coal Act 1938” there shall be substituted “ section 10(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1994 ”.