# Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 (repealed 30.11.1991), Paragraph 7

Extent: E+W+S

Where the Corporationhave elected to make a payment in respect of the dwelling-house under paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section one of this Act, the Corporationshall be entitled to recover as a civil debt from the owner of the dwelling-house any amount by which the expenditure of the Corporationunder this Schedule in connection with the dwelling-house exceeds what it would have been if only remedial works had been executed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/59/schedule/FIRST/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mining-subsidence-act-1957-repealed-30111991/schedule-FIRST/paragraph-7
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