# The Mining Dereliction (Compulsory Works) (Procedure) Regulations 1985, Regulation 6


An application to the Secretary of State may be made on any of the following grounds:—
(a) that the surface of the land under which the relevant operations have been carried out has not collapsed or, as the case may be, is not in imminent danger of collapse;
(b) that there is no risk, or no likely risk, of death of or injury to persons or damage to other land or other property;
(c) that the works specified in the works notice exceed those which are reasonably required;
(d) that consent to the carrying out of the works so specified has not been withheld unreasonably;
(e) that the authority have not made sufficient attempt to identify or trace all of the persons interested in the land.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/814/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/mining-dereliction-compulsory-works-procedure-regulations-1985/regulation-6
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