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Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845
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LXXVIIIMines lying near the Railway not to be worked if the Company willing to purchase them.
If the Owner, Lessee, or Occupier of any Mines or Minerals lying under the Railway, or any of the Works connected therewith, or within the prescribed Distance, or, where no Distance shall be prescribed, Forty Yards therefrom, be desirous of working the same, such Owner, Lessee, or Occupier shall give to the Company Notice in Writing of his Intention so to do Thirty Days before the Commencement of working; and upon the Receipt of such Notice it shall be lawful for the Company to cause such Mines to be inspected by any Person appointed by them for the Purpose; and if it appear to the Company that the working of such Mines or Minerals is likely to damage the Works of the Railway, and if the Company be willing to make Compensation for such Mines or any Part thereof to such Owner, Lessee, or Occupier thereof, then he shall not work or get the same; and if the Company, and such Owner, Lessee, or Occupier, do not agree as to the Amount of such Compensation, the same shall be settled as in other Cases of disputed Compensation.
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