# Opencast Coal Act 1958, Introduction: Introductory text


An Act to make provision with respect to the working of coal by opencast operations, including provision for the compulsory acquisition by the National Coal Board of rights over land and provision for the payment of compensation in connection therewith; to provide for adjustments betweeen landlords and tenants, and in respect of mortgages, mining leases and orders conferring working rights, in consequence of the authorisation of such operations or of the acquisition by the Board of such rights over land; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
[1st August 1958]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/6-7/69/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/opencast-coal-act-1958/introduction
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