Modification of the meaning of “use”
2.—(1) For the purpose of the provisions specified in Parts I and II of Schedule 16 to the 1990 Act(1), “use”in relation to the discontinuance of a use of land includes the discontinuance of the use of land for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals.
(2) Save as provided in paragraph (1), for the purpose of those provisions “use”, in relation to land, does not include the use of land for development consisting of the winning and working of minerals.
(1)
Part I of Schedule 16 was amended by paragraph 41(a) of Schedule 6 and paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 7 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991. Part II of Schedule 16 was amended by paragraph 57(3) of Schedule 7 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.