SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8Amendments of the Opencast Coal Act 1958

Agricultural tenancies in Scotland

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In subsection (6)(a) of section 14A (modification of section 22(2) of the [1991 c. 55.] Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991), for “the British Coal Corporation” there shall be substituted “a person who is a licensed operator within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 1994 or whose application for a licence under Part II of that Act is pending”.

2

In subsection (8) of that section (arbitration under section 13 of that Act of 1991)—

a

for “the Corporation are” there shall be substituted “the person with the benefit of the opencast planning permission is”; and

b

for the words “the Corporation”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be substituted “that person”.