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Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946

9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 59 · Enacted 12 July 1946 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

Not fully up to date. 8 changes made by later legislation have not yet been written into this text, which is revised to 28 November 2004.

See the changes not yet applied
ProvisionChangeMade by
s. 37repealedCoal industry Act 1994 Sch. 5 para. 2(1) Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 41repealedCoal industry Act 1994 Sch. 10 para. 7 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 56repealedCoal Industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 59-62repealedCoal Industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 63(1)(3)(4)repealedCoal Industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 64(1)(10)repealedCoal Industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
s. 65repealedCoal Industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3
Sch. 2ArepealedCoal industry Act 1994 Sch. 11 Pt. 3

An Act to establish public ownership and control of the coal-mining industry and certain allied activities; and for purposes connected therewith.

[12th July 1946]C1I1

Annotations to the whole text

Modifications

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Act applied with modification by Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29), s. 1(2)

Commencement

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Act wholly in force at Royal Assent

Contents

  1. The National Coal Board
  2. 1Establishment of National Coal Board and functions thereof. Repealed
  3. 2Constitution of the Board. Repealed
  4. 3Powers of the Minister in relation to the Corporation.
  5. 4Consumers’ councils.
  6. Transfer of assets to the Board
  7. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  8. 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  9. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  10. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  11. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  12. 10—25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  13. Financial provisions
  14. 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  15. 27Temporary borrowing powers of the Board. Repealed
  16. 28Payments to the Minister by the Corporation. Repealed
  17. 29Reserve fund of the Board. Repealed
  18. 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  19. 31Board’s accounts and audit thereof. Repealed
  20. 32Issue of stock in exchange for Coal Commission Stock. Repealed
  21. 33General provisions as to stock. Repealed
  22. 34Issues out of the Consolidated Fund for money payments and for advances to the Board.
  23. 35Account of Minister’s receipts. Repealed
  24. Savings, and provisions consequential on nationalisation
  25. 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  26. 37Provisions as to superannuation, etc., rights.
  27. 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  28. 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  29. 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  30. 41Power to vary trusts of property provided out of the Miners’ Welfare Fund.
  31. 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  32. 43. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  33. 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  34. 45Provisions as to Doncaster Drainage District and certain dock etc., undertakings.
  35. Miscellaneous provisions as to the Corporation
  36. 46Duty of the Corporation as to establishment of machinery for settlement of terms and conditions of employment, etc. Repealed
  37. 47Corporation not to be exempt from taxation, etc. Repealed
  38. 48. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  39. 49Provisions as to liability of the Corporation in actions, etc.
  40. 50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  41. 51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  42. 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  43. 53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  44. 54Annual report of the Corporation. Repealed
  45. General
  46. 55Payment of certain expenses of the Minister out of moneys provided by Parliament. Repealed
  47. 56Restriction on disclosure of information.
  48. 57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  49. 58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  50. 59Provisions as to prosecutions, and as to offences by corporations.
  51. 60Service of notices, etc.
  52. 61Arbitration under this Act.
  53. 62Provisions as to regulations.
  54. 63Interpretation.
  55. 64Application to Scotland.
  56. 65†Short title, extent and repeal.
  57. Schedule FIRST
  58. Part I: Assets to be transferred without option
  59. 1Unworked coal and mines of coal (and certain associated minerals).
  60. 2Collieries, and colliery coke ovens and manufactured fuel plants.
  61. 3Colliery electricity plants.
  62. 4Colliery transport loading and storage works.
  63. 5Colliery merchanting property.
  64. 6Colliery institutes, etc.
  65. 7Maintenance, operational, office and general equipment.
  66. 8Stocks of colliery products.
  67. 9Certain curtilages and development sites.
  68. Part II: Assets to be transferred at option of the Board or of owners
  69. 10Colliery stores.
  70. 11Waterworks.
  71. 12Certain wharves, etc. used for colliery purposes.
  72. 13Housing property.
  73. 14Farming property.
  74. Part III: Assets to be transferred at option of the Board or of owners subject to arbitration in case of objection
  75. 15Manufactured fuel plants other than of collieries.
  76. 16Certain transport, loading and storage works other than of collieries.
  77. 17Associated merchanting property.
  78. 18Central rescue stations.
  79. 19Brickworks.
  80. 20Curtilages and development sites not within Part I.
  81. Part IV: Other assets to be transferred at option of the Board or of owners subject to arbitration in case of objection
  82. 21Other colliery assets of any kind, except iron and steel works.
  83. Part V: Provisions supplementary to the preceding provisions of this Schedule
  84. 22References to ownership, etc., to be related in general to date for vesting.
  85. 23Ownership, etc., discontinued since the 1st January, 1946, to be treated as if continued.
  86. 24Things not in use owned for a given purpose to be treated as if used therefor.
  87. 25Definitions.
  88. 26Application to Scotland.
  89. Schedule SECOND
  90. 1Paragraph 1
  91. 2Paragraph 2
  92. 3Paragraph 3
  93. 4Paragraph 4
  94. 5Paragraph 5
  95. Schedule 2AEligibility for Superannuation Rights
  96. 1Paragraph 1
  97. 2Paragraph 2
  98. 3Paragraph 3
  99. 4Paragraph 4
  100. 5Paragraph 5
  101. Schedule THIRD
  102. Part I: Coal-selling Schemes
  103. Vesting of Interests and Compensation
  104. 1Paragraph 1
  105. 2Paragraph 2
  106. 3Paragraph 3
  107. Contracts
  108. 4Paragraph 4
  109. Winding up, etc.
  110. 5Paragraph 5
  111. 6Paragraph 6
  112. 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  113. Interpretation
  114. 8Paragraph 8
  115. Part II: The South Yorkshire Mines Drainage Committee
  116. Vesting of Interests and Dissolution of Committee
  117. 9Paragraph 9
  118. 10Paragraph 10
  119. Rights and Liabilities
  120. 11Paragraph 11
  121. Transitional Provisions
  122. 12Paragraph 12
  123. Part III: Provisions Supplementary to Parts I and II
  124. 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
  125. Schedule FOURTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Schedule FOURTH SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .