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Coal Act 1938

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1(1)A lease consolidation scheme, and the single lease to be granted pursuant thereto, shall be prepared by the Commission in agreement with the working lessee.

(2)The said lease may comprise, in addition to the coal and mines of coal in the colliery area, any other premises that are to vest in the Commission by virtue of Part I of this Act and are comprised in any of the subsisting working leases, and may, if the person competent to grant a lease thereof consents to the inclusion thereof but not otherwise, comprise also any premises that are so to vest but are not comprised in any of the subsisting working leases and any premises that are not so to vest.

(3)The said lease shall not (except with his consent) impose upon any person any liability not being a liability to which he would have been subject by virtue of a subsisting working lease, or render more onerous whether as regards extent, duration, terms, conditions or otherwise, any liability to which any person would have been so subject, or deprive him of the benefit of any covenant, condition or provision of a subsisting working lease affecting or relating to any premises other than coal or a mine of coal.

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