Explanatory note

Section 36 of the Opencast Coal Act, 1958, requires the National Coal Board to cause a record to be made of the condition of land—

(a) as on the date of entry under an opencast site order, and

(b) as at the end of the period of occupation under any compulsory rights order other than a limited compulsory rights order made in accordance with section 8 of the Act,

and to serve on certain persons notice of the making of the record. These regulations prescribe the form of the notices.