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The Coal Industry Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/888 · Made 31 March 2014

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Coal Industry

Made 31st March 2014

Laid before Parliament 2nd April 2014

Coming into force 28th April 2014

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(4) and (5)(b) of the Coal Industry Act 1994f1, makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 21.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Commencement of provisions
  3. 3Transitional provision
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule Schedule
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1994 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional Provision) Order 2014.

(2)

In this Order, “the Act” means the Coal Industry Act 1994.

2Commencement of provisions

Subject to article 3, the following provisions come into force on 28th April 2014—

(a)

section 67(8) of the Act, so far as it relates to provisions coming into force by virtue of paragraph (b);

(b)

Part 3 of Schedule 11 to the Act, so far as it relates to the repeals set out in the Schedule to this Order.

3Transitional provision

Any redundant mineworkers and concessionary coal payments scheme made under, or continued in force by virtue of, section 7 of the Coal Industry Act 1977f1 continues to have effect for the purpose of the recovery of any overpayments, notwithstanding the repeal of that provision.

Signature

Verma

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department of Energy and Climate Change

31st March 2014

Repeals taking effect on 2014

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
1977 c. 39Coal Industry Act 1977Section 7(1) and (2)
1980 c. 50Coal Industry Act 1980Sections 7, 10 and 11
1983 c. 60Coal Industry Act 1983Sections 4 to 6 and the Schedule
1985 c. 27Coal Industry Act 1985Sections 3 to 5

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force certain of the repeals specified in Part 3 of Schedule 11 to the Coal Industry Act 1994 not previously brought into force.

Certain of the repealed provisions related to payments schemes for the making of payments to redundant mineworkers and in respect of arrangements relating to concessionary coal. Article 3 makes transitional provision to enable the recovery of overpayments made under those payments schemes.