1In section 2(2) of the Act of 1946, for the words “not less than eight nor more than eleven other members ” (substituted by section 1(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1949) there shall be substituted the words “not less than eight nor more than fourteen other members ”.
2In section 27(4) of the Act of 1946, after the words “section 1 of the Coal Industry Act 1965 ” (substituted by the Act of 1971) there shall be added the words “or under section 2(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1973 ”.
3In section 1 of the Act of 1965—
(a)in subsection (5), at the end, there shall be added the words “or with section 2(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1973 ” ;
(b)after subsection (7) there shall be added the following subsection—
“(8)Any power conferred by a provision of this section to make an order shall include power to vary or revoke the order by a subsequent order made under that provision ; but no such power shall be exercisable unless a draft of the order has been laid before the Commons House of Parliament and approved by a resolution of that House.”
4In section 1 of the Act of 1971—
(a)in subsection (2), after the words “30th March 1974 ” there shall be inserted the words “or for such subsequent years as are provided for by or under subsection (1) or subsection (5) of section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1973 ”;
(b)in subsection (3), for the words “shall not exceed in the aggregate £24 million ” there shall be substituted the words “in respect of the two years ending with 31st March 1973 shall not exceed in the aggregate £24 million, and grants so made in respect of any subsequent years shall not exceed in the aggregate the limits imposed by subsections (4) and (5) of section 3 of the Coal Industry Act 1973 ” ; and for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the following—
“(c)in the case of the year 1973-74 and subsequent years, one half”.