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An Act to make provision for the acquisition of the property in all unworked coal and mines of coal and in certain associated minerals, and of certain associated property and rights in land, by a Commission with power of management thereover; for amending the enactments relating to facilities for the working of minerals; for empowering the Commission to promote a reduction in the number of coal-mining undertakings; for continuing Part I of the Coal Mines Act 1930, and for amending the provisions thereof with respect to committees of investigation; for enabling land to be acquired compulsorily for the purposes of the miners welfare committee; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[29th July 1938]
Extent Information
E1Act: extent section repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1
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C1 “The Commission” means Coal Commission
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I1Act wholly in force at Royal Assent
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C2Part I: Definition of "coal" in Part I (ss. 1-45) applied (30.11.1991) by Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 (c. 45, SIF 86), s. 52(1)(with s. 37(4), Sch. 7); S.I. 1991/2508, art.2.
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F1S. 1 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F2S. 2 repealed by Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59), Sch. 4
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F3Ss. 3(1)(3), 4, 6(1)(3)(4), 7–10, 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F4S. 3(2)(4) repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F5Ss. 3(1)(3), 4, 6(1)(3)(4), 7–10, 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F6S. 5 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F7Ss. 3(1)(3), 4, 6(1)(3)(4), 7–10, 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
F8S. 6(2) repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F9Ss. 3(1)(3), 4, 6(1)(3)(4), 7–10, 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F10S. 11 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F11Ss. 3(1)(3), 4, 6(1)(3)(4), 7–10, 12, 13 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F12S. 14 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(6), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 paras. 1, 2); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F13S. 15 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(6), 51(8), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F14S. 16 repealed by Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59), Sch. 4
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F15S. 17 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F16Ss. 17(3), 18, 20, 21 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F17S. 19 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 3
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F18Ss. 17(3), 18, 20, 21 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F20Ss. 23–31, 35–40, 42(2), 43(3), 45(9)–(11) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F21Ss. 23–31, 35–40, 42(2), 43(3), 45(9)–(11) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F22S. 32 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F23S. 33 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67(7), 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 paras. 1, 3); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F24S. 34 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 paras. 1, 4); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F25Ss. 23–31, 35–40, 42(2), 43(3), 45(9)–(11) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F26S. 41 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7) 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F27S. 42 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F28S. 43 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 paras. 1, 5); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F29S. 44 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67(7), 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10, para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F30S. 45 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(6), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F33S. 52 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1 Appendix
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F34S. 53 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1 Appendix
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F35S. 54 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67(7), Sch. 11 Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1 Appendix
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F36S. 55 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11, Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1 Appendix
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F37Ss. 56, 57, Sch. 1 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F38S. 58 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, s. 67, Sch. 11 Pt. III (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with savings in Sch. 10 para. 1); S. I. 1994/2552, art. 2, Sch. 1
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F39Ss. 56, 57, Sch. 1 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1973 (c. 39), Sch. 1 Pt. X
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F40Sch. 2 repealed (31.10.1994) by 1994 c. 21, ss. 67, 68(2)(e), Sch. 11 Pt. II (with ss. 40(7), 66 and with saving in Sch. 10 para. 1); S.I. 1994/2553, art. 2
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F44Schs. 6, 7 repealed by Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (c. 59), Sch. 4
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