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The British Coal Corporation (Change of Quorum) Regulations 1995

S.I. 1995/1506 · Made 8 June 1995

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COAL INDUSTRY

Made 8th June 1995

Laid before Parliament 12th June 1995

Coming into force 30th June 1995

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946f1 and now vested in himf2 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 60.

f2

S.I. 1995/1031.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment to the Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board) Regulations 1946
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as The British Coal Corporation (Change of Quorum) Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 30th June 1995.

2Amendment to the Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board) Regulations 1946

In regulation 4 (Quorum) of The Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board)f1 Regulations 1946f2:—

(a)

for the words “or deputy chairman is present unless neither of them is available and either of them” there shall be substituted “is present unless he is not available and” and

(b)

for the word “five” there shall be substituted “three”.

Signature

Tim Eggar

Minister for Industry and Energy,

Department of Trade and Industry

8th June 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Coal Industry Nationalisation (National Coal Board) Regulations 1946 by substituting a quorum of three for the quorum of five required by regulation 4 of those Regulations in consequence of the appointment of 30th June 1995 as the date for the purposes of section 23(1)(a) of the Coal Industry Act 1994 (which reduces the required number of Members of the Corporation to the chairman and one other member). Also certain references to the deputy chairman are deleted.