Part 7Crown application of planning Acts

Chapter 1England and Wales

Miscellaneous

I187Old mining permissions

1

Subsection (2) applies if—

a

an old mining permission relates to land which is Crown land, and

b

the permission has not been registered in pursuance of Schedule 2 to the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.

2

Section 22 of and Schedule 2 to that Act apply to the old mining permission subject to the following modifications—

a

in section 22(3) for “May 1, 1991” there is substituted “ the date of commencement of section 87(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ”;

b

in paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 2 for “the day on which this Schedule comes into force” there is substituted “ the date of commencement of section 87(2) of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 ”.

3

Old mining permission must be construed in accordance with section 22 of the Planning and Compensation Act 1991.

4

Crown land must be construed in accordance with Part 13 of the principal Act.