# Mineral Development Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, Section 3: Exception of mines and minerals already vested in the Ministry.


Subsection (1) of section 1 shall not apply to any mines and minerals which, immediately before the commencement of that section, were vested in the Ministry whether by virtue of section 6 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Minerals (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (in this Act referred to as “the Act of 1959” ) or otherwise howsoever.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1969/35/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mineral-development-act-northern-ireland-1969/section-3
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