10Short title, commencement, repeals and extent.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1987.
(2)Sections 6 to 8 of this Act shall come into force at the end of the period of two months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(3)The enactments specified in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
(4)The provisions of this Act do not extend to Northern Ireland except for the provisions of Schedules 1 and 3 affecting enactments which extend there.