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Section 59 Reservation of rights of owners, &c. of mines.C1F1

England, Wales and Scotland

Nothing in this Act shall limit or interfere with the rights of any owner, lessee, or occupier of any mines or minerals lying under or adjacent to any road along or across which any tramway shall be laid to work such mines and minerals; nor shall any such owner, lessee, or occupier be liable to make good or pay compensation for any damage which may be occasioned to such tramway by the working in the usual and ordinary course of their mines or minerals.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Ss. 49-64 repealed (except as incorporated in, or otherwise applied by, any Act of Parliament or Provisional Order) (1.1.1993) by Transport and Works Act 1992 (c. 42), ss. 65(1)(b), 68(1), Sch. 4 Pt.I; S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 Pt.I

Modifications

C1

S. 59 excluded by Coal Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 (c. 59), s. 18(2)

Notes on Part III

Modifications

C1

Pts. II and III (ss. 22-64) modified by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1991 (c. xvi), s.10

C2

Pts. II and III (ss. 22-64) modified (12.11.1992) by Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) Act 1992 (c. xviii), s.10