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Paragraph 8 Coal Industry Act 1994 (c. 21)I1I2

England and Wales

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

The Coal Industry Act 1994 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 53—

(a)

in subsection (1), after “planning permission” insert “or infrastructure consent”;

(b)

in subsection (2), after “such an application” insert “for planning permission, or where an examining authority or the Welsh Ministers consider any coal-mining proposals included in such an application for infrastructure consent,”;

(c)

in subsection (4)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), after “Town and Country Planning Act 1990” insert “, but “development” has the meaning given by section 133 of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 so far as it relates to coal-mining proposals included in an application for infrastructure consent”;

(ii)

after the definition of ““development” and “planning permission””, insert—

  • ““examining authority” has the meaning given by section 40(7) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;

  • “infrastructure consent has the meaning given by section 143 of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024;”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 para. 8 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 147(2)

I2

Sch. 3 para. 8 in force at 15.12.2025 by S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)