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1(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, Part II of this Act (remedial action) shall not apply in any case where before the commencement date—E+W+S
(a)a notice has been given in respect of the subsidence damage under section 2 of the 1957 Act; or
(b)a claim has been made in respect of that damage under section 2(4) of the 1975 Act.
(2)Subject to sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) below, nothing in this Act shall affect—
(a)the operation of the 1957 Act in relation to any such case as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-paragraph (1) above; or
(b)the operation of section 2(4) of or paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act in relation to any such case as is mentioned in paragraph (b) of that sub-paragraph.
(3)Any notice given under section 2 of the 1957 Act, and any claim made under section 2(4) of the 1975 Act, may be withdrawn at any time before terms of settlement are finally agreed or determined; and where such a notice or claim is so withdrawn, this Act shall apply as if it had not been given or made.
(4)Where after the commencement date a stop notice under section 3(2) of the 1957 Act is revoked, this Act shall apply as if the notice given under section 2 of that Act were a damage notice given under section 3 of this Act.
(5)In this paragraph references to section 2(4) of and paragraphs 1 to 4 of Schedule 1 to the 1975 Act include respectively references to sub-paragraphs (1) and (3) of paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 to the 1938 Act.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 7 para. 1 wholly in force at 30.11.1991 see s. 54(2) and S.I. 1991/2508, art.2
2(1)In any case where—E+W+S
(a)immediately before the commencement of the 1975 Act the National Coal Board had a right to withdraw support from any land by virtue of paragraph 5 of Schedule 2 to the 1938 Act; and
(b)after that commencement that land has been damaged by the working of coal in the exercise of the right to withdraw support conferred by section 2 of the 1975 Act [F1or section 38 of the Coal Industry Act 1994],
any person interested in that land may, subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, claim compensation for the damage in accordance with the terms and conditions relating to compensation which were applicable before that commencement to the right to withdraw support referred to in paragraph (a) above.
(2)No person shall be entitled both to receive compensation for any damage under sub-paragraph (1) above and to receive compensation for that damage, or have that damage made good, under Part II of this Act.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 7 para. 2(1)(b) inserted (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67(1), Sch. 9 para. 41(5) (with ss. 40(7), 66); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 7 para. 2 wholly in force at 30.11.1991 see s. 54(2) and S.I. 1991/2508, art. 2
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