SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5 Reserved matters

Part II Specific reservations

Head D – Energy

D3. Coal

Section D3.

Coal, including its ownership and exploitation, deep and opencast coal mining and coal mining subsidence.

Exceptions

The subject-matter of—

  1. (a)

    Part I of the Environmental Protection Act 1990, and

  2. (b)

    sections 53 (environmental duties in connection with planning) and 54 (obligation to restore land affected by coal-mining operations) of the Coal Industry Act 1994.