Coal Act 1938

7 (1) It shall be the duty of each person whose grant or concurrence- is requisite to the taking effect of a lease prepared by the Commission under paragraph 1 of this Schedule as respects any premises comprised therein and of the lessee thereunder, to execute the lease on being required by the Commission so to do at any time after the date of the taking effect of the scheme.

If any person makes default in the performance of the duty imposed upon him by this paragraph, the Commission may execute the lease in his name and on his behalf.

(2) A lease executed under this paragraph shall be deemed to have taken effect on the date of the taking effect of the scheme, and as from that date the subsisting working leases shall be deemed to have been determined so far as regards the premises comprised in the lease so executed.

(3) The provisions of section eleven of this Act shall have effect in relation to a severance effected by the determination of a subsisting working lease under the last preceding sub-paragraph as regards a part of the premises comprised therein, as they have effect in relation to such a severance as is mentioned in that section of the reversion on a lease subsisting on the vesting date, so however that the apportionment of the rent reserved by the subsisting working lease shall be made on the basis of the apportionment made for the purpose of the determination under this Schedule of the standard amount of rent.