Paragraph 1 Permission granted on or after 22 February 1982I1

Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) apply to every minerals permission granted on or after 22 February 1982 (the day section 7 of the Town and Country Planning (Minerals) Act 1981 (c. 36) came into force).

The permission must be granted subject to the condition that the mining operations or depositing of mineral waste to which the permission relates must stop before the end of a period specified in the condition that begins with the day the permission is granted.

If the permission is granted without the condition required by sub-paragraph (2), it is to be treated as having been granted subject to the condition that the mining operations or depositing of mineral waste must stop before the end of 60 years beginning with the day the permission is granted.

Regulations may specify a different period, beginning with the day the permission is granted, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) (including by amending that sub-paragraph).