# Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991, Paragraph 7


Where the Corporation have elected to make a payment in respect of the dwelling-house under section 8(4) of this Act, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover as a civil debt from the owner of the dwelling-house any amount by which the expenditure of the Corporation under this Schedule in connection with the dwelling-house exceeds what it would have been if remedial works only had been executed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/45/schedule/5/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/coal-mining-subsidence-act-1991/schedule-5/paragraph-7
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