Coal Act 1938

7 For the purposes of proceedings for registration taken under the Registration Act on or after the valuation date, and for the purposes of the operation on or after that date of the provisions of that Act relating to the rectification of the register—

(a) references in that Act to property and rights held in association with coal or a mine of coal shall be construed as references to acquired property and rights, references in that Act to matters subject to which coal hereditaments are held shall be construed as references to the matters specified in subsection (2) of section four of this Act, and references in that Act to a proprietary interest shall be construed as references to an acquired interest;

(b) the information to be furnished in relation to an application for registration shall extend to the circumstances of the holding relevant to the ascertainment of the right, if any, to withdraw support that is to vest in the Commission under Part II of the Second Schedule to this Act with any coal or mine in which the holding subsisted, and those circumstances shall be included in the matters particulars whereof may be registered;

(c) information given to the Commission which is by that Act required to be related to the circumstances as existing at the date when the information is given shall be related to the circumstances as existing on the valuation date; and

(d) references in that Act to particulars being incorrect shall include references to the omission of any relevant particulars.