Coal Industry Act 1971

2 Extension of power to make redundancy payment schemes

(1) In section 3 of the Act of 1967 (which enables the Secretary of State to make schemes providing for payments to persons becoming redundant up to March 1971 on account of colliery closures), in subsection (1)—

(a) for " 28th March 1971 " there shall be substituted " 31st March 1974 "; and

(b) for the words from "after attaining the age of fifty five " to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words " in such circumstances as may be prescribed ".

(2) Nothing in this section is to be taken as prejudicing the validity of any scheme made before the commencement of this Act under the said section 3.

(3) So much of section 3(4) of the Act of 1967 as provides that a scheme under that section is not to be made unless a draft thereof has been laid before and approved by each House of Parliament shall not apply to the variation of a scheme made before the commencement of this Act, where the only effect of the variation is—

(a) to apply the scheme to persons becoming redundant between 27th March 1971 and 26th March 1972 and otherwise falling within the classes prescribed for the purposes of the scheme ; and

(b) to extend to 29th March 1975 the period during which benefit is payable under the scheme ;

but a statutory instrument which, by virtue of this section, is not subject to the said section 3(4) shall be laid before Parliament after being made.