Part IILands
7Mines and minerals
1
Parts II and III of Schedule 2 to the Act of 1981 (exemption of mines and minerals from compulsory purchase and regulation of the working of mines and minerals underlying an authorised undertaking) shall apply in relation to land which may be compulsorily acquired under section 4 (Acquisition and occupation of lands) of this Act as if it were comprised in a compulsory purchase order providing for the incorporation with the order of those Parts of that Schedule.
2
For the purposes of Part III of that Schedule as it applies by virtue of subsection (1) above, paragraph 1(3) of that Schedule (meaning of underlying) shall have effect as if the prescribed distance in relation to any mines or minerals lying under land near any of the works were the greater of—
a
such lateral distance from those works on every side as is equal at every point along those works to one-half of the depth of the mines or minerals below the natural surface of the ground at that point; and
b
40 metres.