Mineral Workings Act 1985

4 Arrangements affecting agricultural land

(1) The repeal of section 20 of the 1951 Act (arrangements with Minister to bring worked ironstone land to good state of cultivation and fertility) shall not apply in the case of arrangements made under section 20 before 1 April 1985; but subsections (2) to (6) below shall apply in the case of any such arrangements on and after that day.

(2) The Minister may enter into an agreement to vary the arrangements only with the written approval of the British Steel Corporation.

(3) Unless they would otherwise cease to have effect before 1 April 1990, the arrangements shall cease to have effect on that day if—

(a) they relate to land in the case of which all the work required by a restoration condition of a planning permission was completed before 1 January 1984, or

(b) they were not made until after the completion of works carried out under section 16 of the 1951 Act in relation to the land in respect of which the arrangements were made.

(4) Subsection (3) above does not affect a provision, of the arrangements there mentioned, for the payment of grants in respect of expenditure incurred before 1 April 1990.

(5) Any expenses of the Minister incurred under the arrangements (whether in the form of grant or otherwise) shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament.

(6) The British Steel Corporation shall pay to the Minister sums equal to any expenses so incurred, and sums received by the Minister under this subsection shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.

(7) The reference in subsection (1) above to section 20 of the 1951 Act includes references to section 21 of that Act, the definition of "management" in section 41(1) of that Act, and section 10(3) of the [1958 c. 71.] Agriculture Act 1958.