# Coal Industry Act 1973 1973 c. 8 · enacted 22 March 1973 · revised to 22 April 2011 An Act to provide for the capital reconstruction of the National Coal Board; to make provision with respect to borrowing by the Board or its subsidiaries, and with respect to their powers to give guarantees in connection with loans; to confer on the Secretary of State new or extended powers to make grants or other payments to the Board or to other producers of coking coal, or to or in respect of workers in the coal industry made redundant; to authorise the appointment of additional members of the Board; and for purposes connected with those matters. PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1973/pdf/ukpga_19730008_en.pdf ## Introductory text An Act to provide for the capital reconstruction of the National Coal Board; to make provision with respect to borrowing by the Board or its subsidiaries, and with respect to their powers to give guarantees in connection with loans; to confer on the Secretary of State new or extended powers to make grants or other payments to the Board or to other producers of coking coal, or to or in respect of workers in the coal industry made redundant; to authorise the appointment of additional members of the Board; and for purposes connected with those matters. [22nd March 1973] ## 1 Capital reconstruction of National Coal Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Borrowing powers of the Board and its subsidiaries and powers to guarantee loans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6, 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Increase in membership of Board. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Administrative expenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Interpretation, and provisions as to orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amendments and repeals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Short title, citation, commencement and extent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Consequential Amendments ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Enactments Repealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/8 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1973 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.