# Coal Industry Act 1994, Section 4D: Power of the Authority with respect to coal mine water discharge: Scotland

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Authority may take such action as it considers appropriate (if any) for the purpose of preventing, or mitigating the effect of, the discharge of water from a coal mine into or on to any land or into the water environment.
(2) In this section and sections 4E , 4F and 4G below—
(a) “the water environment” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3); and
(b) references to coal mines are to coal mines vested in the Authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/21/section/4D (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-industry-act-1994/section-4D
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