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.
(2)In section 29 of that Act (application for the purposes of the [1958 c. 69.] Opencast 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 [1938 c. 52.] Coal Act 1938), for “section 17(1) of the Coal Act 1938” there shall be substituted “section 10(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1994”.