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Coal Act 1938

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32Competence of the Commission to acquire certain interests and rights

(1)It shall be within the competence of the Commission to acquire—

(a)a retained copyhold interest in coal or a mine of coal;

(b)the fee simple or a term of years or other interest in any minerals or substances other than coal that are capable of being economically gotten in association with the working of coal that is being, or is proposed to be, worked; and

(c)the benefit of any right to be exercised in respect of any land for a coal-mining purpose.

(2)The provisions of section fifteen of this Act shall have effect in relation to minerals acquired by the Commission under this section as if the references therein to operations for coal-mining purposes included references to operations for the like purposes as regards those minerals.

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