(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force all the provisions of the Coal Industry Act 1994 not brought into force directly by the Act, by the first commencement order (S.I. 1994/2189) or by virtue of the making of the Coal Industry (Restructuring Date) Order 1994 (S.I. 1994/2553), except for—
section 22(2) —repeal of the Miners' Welfare Act 1952;
section 24 — abolition of the Domestic Coal Consumers' Council;
the provisions of the Act specified in section 68(3); and
the repeal of certain of the statutory provisions specified in Part III of Schedule 11.
All the provisions brought into force by the Order come into force on 31st October 1994 except for the provisions specified in Schedule 2 (concerning Town and Country Planning legislation) which come into force on 1st November 1994.
Article 4 of the Order makes transitional amendments to section 56 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (restriction on disclosure of information) to provide for the transfer to the Coal Authority of information to which that section applies pending the bringing into force of its repeal.