The Coal Industry Act 1994 (Consequential Modifications of Local Acts) Order 1994

SCHEDULE 1 MODIFICATIONS TO BE TREATED AS IF THEY HAD COME INTO FORCE ON 31ST OCTOBER 1994

(1)	(2)	(3)
Title	Number	Extent of modification(s)
Cornwall River Authority Act 1972	1972 c.xxviii	In section 6(11), after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(1) there shall be added the words “, the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(2).
Dee and Clwyd River Authority Act 1973	1973 c.xxix	In section 6(11)(b), after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(3) there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”.
Greater Manchester Act 1981	1981 c.ix	In the proviso to section 43(1), after the words “Coal–Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957” there shall be inserted the words “or a notice served under section 16 of the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(4); and for the words after “other than” there shall be substituted the following words— “(a) in relation to a notice served under the said section 3, emergency works (as defined in section 1(5) of that Act of 1957) or other works specified in that notice; or (b) in relation to a notice served under the said section 16, emergency works (as defined in section 12(1) of that Act of 1991) or other works specified in that notice.”.
Nottinghamshire County Council Act 1985	1985 c.xv	In section 5(4), after the words “Coal–Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957” there shall be inserted the words “or a notice served under section 16 of the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(5); and for the words after “unless” there shall be substituted the following words— “(a) in relation to a notice served under the said section 3, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 1(5) of that Act of 1957; or (b) in relation to a notice served under the said section 16, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 12(1) of that Act of 1991.”.
Mid Glamorgan County Council Act 1987	1987 c.vii	In section 19(4), in paragraph (a), after the words “Coal–Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957” there shall be inserted the words “or a notice served under section 16 of the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”; and for the words after “unless” there shall be substituted the following words— “(a) in relation to a notice served under the said section 3, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 1(5) of that Act of 1957; or (b) in relation to a notice served under the said section 16, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 12(1) of that Act of 1991.”; in paragraph (b)(i), for the words after the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(6) there shall be substituted the words “or a responsible person (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) in respect of coal mining subsidence damage (such claim being made otherwise than under the Coal–Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 or the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991), liability for which has been admitted;”(7); in paragraph (b)(ii), after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(8) there shall be added the words “, the Coal Authority or a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(9); and in the words at the end of subsection (4), after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(10) there shall be added the words “, the Coal Authority or the aforesaid responsible person or licensed operator as appropriate”.
West Glamorgan Act 1987	1987 c.viii	In section 27(4), after the words “Coal–Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957” there shall be inserted the words “or a notice served under section 16 of the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(11); and for the words after “unless” there shall be substituted the following words— “(a) in relation to a notice served under the said section 3, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 1(5) of that Act of 1957; or (b) in relation to a notice served under the said section 16, the works are specified in that notice or are emergency works within the meaning of section 12(1) of that Act of 1991.”.

SCHEDULE 2 MODIFICATIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 27TH DECEMBER 1994

(1)	(2)	(3)
Title	Number	Extent of modification(s)
British Transport Commission Order Confirmation Act 1953	1953 c.xx	In section 17 of the Order contained in the Schedule to the Act, in the words preceding subsection (1), before the words “the following provisions” there shall be inserted the words “and the other persons referred to in subsections (1)(b), (3), (4) and (5) below”; and there shall be inserted before the word “apply” the words “or, as appropriate, such other persons”; in subsection (1)(b), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(12) there shall be substituted the words “the responsible person (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(13); in subsection (3), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(12) there shall be substituted the words “A licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(14); in subsection (4), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(15) there shall be substituted the words “the person in whom the liabilities under that agreement are for the time being vested”; in subsection (5), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(15), there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or the licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) as appropriate”(16); and for the second such reference, there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator”; and in subsection (9), after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(15) there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(16) .
British Transport Commission Act 1959	1959 c.xliv	In section 70, in the words preceding subsection (1), for the words between “protection of” and “the following provisions” there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) in question”(16); and for the words “the board apply” there shall be substituted the words “the British Coal Corporation (in this section referred to as “the board”), the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (2)(a), after the words “the board” there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(17); in subsection (2)(b), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(18) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or the licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) in question”(17); and before the words “or in default” there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (2)(c), for the first and third references to the British Coal Corporation(20) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or the licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) in question, as appropriate”; and before the words “or in default” there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or the licensed operator in question”; subsections (3) to (7) shall be omitted; and in subsection (8), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(18) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or the licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994) in question”(19) .
Essex River and South Essex Water Act 1969	1969 c.xlix	In section 42(1), for the first two references to the British Coal Corporation(20) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”; and for the third and fourth such references there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or such licensed operator, as appropriate”.
Forth Ports Authority Order Confirmation Act 1969	1969 c.xxxiv	In section 93 of the Order contained in the Schedule to the Act, in the words before subsection (1), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(21) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator in question”; and after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (1), at the appropriate place there shall be inserted the following words— ““licensed operator” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”; in subsection (2), for the words “the board shall not” there shall be substituted the words “neither the Coal Authority nor, in so far as he is authorised as a licensed operator to carry out the works in question, that operator, shall”; in subsection (3), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(22) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or the licensed operator referred to in subsection (2)”; in subsection (4), for the first and second references to the British Coal Corporation(23) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority”; for the third such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or a licensed operator”; and for the remaining such references there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator as appropriate”; in subsection (5)(a), for the references to the British Coal Corporation(23) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or a licensed operator”; and in subsection (6), for the reference(22) to the British Coal Corporation there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or a licensed operator”.
Trent and Lincolnshire Water Act 1971	1971 c.xiii	In section 56, in subsection 4(a), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(24) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, as the case may be, a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(25); for the second such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator”; and between the words “as” and “defined” there shall be inserted the words “that term was”; and in subsection 4(b), after the words “Mines and Quarries Act, 1954)” there shall be added the words “or, in the case of a tip which is owned by the Coal Authority, that Authority”.
Cumberland River Authority Act 1971	1971 c.xvi	In section 34, for the first reference(24) to the British Coal Corporation there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, as appropriate, a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(25); for the second such reference there shall be substituted the words “The Coal Authority or such a licensed operator as is referred to in the last preceding subsection”; and for the third such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or to such a licensed operator as is referred to in subsection (1)”; and in the proviso to section 36(1)— in paragraph (a), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(26) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, as the case may be, a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(27); for the second such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator”; and between the words “as” and “defined” there shall be inserted the words “that term was”; and in paragraph (b), after the words “Mines and Quarries Act, 1954)” there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of a tip which is owned by the Coal Authority, that Authority”.
Essex River Authority Act 1972	1972 c.xxxix	In paragraph (viii) of the proviso to section 12(1), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(26) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”; between the words “as” and “respectively” there shall be inserted the words “such terms were”; and for the words “any mine of coal (as defined in the said Act of 1946)” there shall be substituted the words “any coal mine (within the meaning of the said Act of 1994)”(27) .
Selnec (Manchester Central Area Railway, & c.) Act 1972	1972 c.xliv	In section 48, in the words preceding subsection (1), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(28) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator in question”; and after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (1), there shall be inserted at the appropriate place the words ““licensed operator” has the meaning given to it by section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”(29); and in the definition of “coal”, for the words after “section” there shall be substituted the words “65 of the Coal Industry Act 1994”; subsection (2) shall have effect as if there were substituted, for references to the British Coal Corporation(30), references to the Coal Authority or, in relation to coal vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator; in subsection (3), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(28) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, in relation to shafts and outlets vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator”; and in subsection (4), for the words before “, or otherwise” there shall be substituted the words “Neither the Coal Authority, the British Coal Corporation nor any licensed operator shall be liable under the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(31) .
Thames Conservancy Act 1972	1972 c.xlvi	In the proviso to section 14(1), in paragraph (a), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(32) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, as the case may be, a licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)(33)”; for the second such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator”; and between the words “as” and “defined” there shall be inserted the words “that term was”; and in paragraph (b), after the words “Mines and Quarries Act 1954)” there shall be added the words “or, in the case of a tip which is owned by the Coal Authority, that Authority”.
Trent River Authority Act 1973	1973 c.xxxi	In paragraph (iv) of the proviso to section 26(1), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(34) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”(35); between the words “as” and “respectively” there shall be inserted the words “such terms were”; and for the words “any mine of coal (as defined in the said Act of 1946)” there shall be substituted the words “any coal mine (within the meaning of the said Act of 1994)”(35) .
Tyneside Metropolitan Railway Act 1973	1973 c.xxxii	In section 49, in the words preceding subsection (1), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(34) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator in question”; and after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (1), there shall be inserted at the appropriate place the words ““licensed operator” has the meaning given to it by section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”(36); and in the definition of “coal”, for the words after “section” there shall be substituted the words “65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”; subsection (2) shall have effect as if for references to the British Coal Corporation(37) there were substituted references to the Coal Authority or, in relation to coal vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator; in subsection (3), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(38) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, in relation to shafts and outlets vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator”; in subsection (5)(c), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(38) there shall be substituted references to the Coal Authority or, in relation to surface property of a licensed operator, that operator; in subsection (5)(g), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(38) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and any licensed operator, as appropriate,”; and for the second such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (6), for the words before “or otherwise” there shall be substituted the words “Neither the Coal Authority, the British Coal Corporation nor any licensed operator shall be liable under the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(39); in subsection (7), for the words before “be liable” there shall be substituted the words “Neither the Coal Authority nor any licensed operator shall”; for the second and fourth references to the British Coal Corporation(40) there shall be substituted the word “them”; and for the third such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and any licensed operator, as appropriate,”; and subsections (8) to (11) shall have effect as if, for the references to the British Coal Corporation(40), there were substituted references to the Coal Authority or any licensed operator.
British Railways Act 1976	1976 c.xxv	In section 17, in the words preceding subsection (1), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(41) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator in question”; and after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (1), in the definition of “coal”, for the words after “section” there shall be substituted the words “65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”(42); and there shall be inserted at the appropriate place the words ““licensed operator” has the meaning given to it by section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”; subsection (2) shall have effect as if there were substituted, for references to the British Coal Corporation,(43) references to the Coal Authority or, in relation to coal vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator; in subsection (3), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(44) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, in relation to shafts and outlets vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator”; and in subsection (4), for the words before “or otherwise” there shall be substituted the words “Neither the Coal Authority, the British Coal Corporation nor any licensed operator shall be liable under the Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991”(45) .
British Railways Act 1981	1981 c.xxiii	In section 70(1), in the definitions of “the appropriate Minister” and “relevant undertakers”, the references to the British Coal Corporation(46) shall be omitted.
British Railways (No. 2) Act 1981	1981 c.xxxv	In section 30, in the words preceding subsection (1), for the first reference to the British Coal Corporation(47), there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority and the licensed operator in question”; and after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or that operator”; in subsection (1), in the definition of “coal”, for the words after “section” there shall be substituted the words “65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”(48); and there shall be inserted at the appropriate place the words ““licensed operator” has the meaning given to it by section 65(1) of the Coal Industry Act 1994;”; subsection (2) shall have effect as if there were substituted, for references to the British Coal Corporation(46), references to the Coal Authority or, in relation to coal vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator; in subsection (3), for the first and third references to the British Coal Corporation(49) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or, in relation to shafts and outlets vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator”; after the second such reference there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or, in relation to shafts and outlets vested (whether by way of a leasehold interest or otherwise) in a licensed operator, that operator”; and for the fourth such reference there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or such operator, as appropriate”; and in subsection (4), for the reference to the British Coal Corporation(50) there shall be substituted the words “the Coal Authority or a licensed operator”.
Staffordshire Act 1983	1983 c.xviii	In section 46, after the reference to the British Coal Corporation(50) there shall be inserted the words “, the Coal Authority or any licensed operator (within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994)”.

(1)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(2)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(3)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(4)

1991 c. 45.

(5)

1991 c. 45.

(6)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(7)

See 1957 c. 59; 1991 c. 45 and sections 43 and 44 of 1994 c. 21.

(8)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(9)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(10)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(11)

1991 c. 45.

(12)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(13)

1994 c. 21. See sections 43 and 44.

(14)

See section 65(1).

(15)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(16)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(17)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(18)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(19)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(20)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(21)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(22)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(23)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(24)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(25)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(26)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(27)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(28)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(29)

1994 c. 21.

(30)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(31)

1991 c. 45.

(32)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(33)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(34)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(35)

1994 c. 21. See section 65(1).

(36)

1994 c. 21.

(37)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(38)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(39)

1991 c. 45.

(40)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(41)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(42)

1994 c. 21.

(43)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(44)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(45)

1991 c. 45.

(46)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(47)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(48)

1994 c. 21.

(49)

The references to the British Coal Corporation were substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.

(50)

The reference to the British Coal Corporation was substituted by section 1(3) of the Coal Industry Act 1987 c. 3.