54(1)The Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.
(2)In section 52(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “owner”, paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect.
(3)In Schedule 1 (determination of amount of depreciation payments), in paragraph 2(6)—
(a)in the definition of “fee simple”, for the words “, in the case of feudal property, the estate or interest of the proprietor of the dominium utile or, in the case of property other than feudal property, the estate or” substitute “the”; and
(b)the definition of “incumbrance” shall cease to have effect.
(4)In Schedule 2 (recipients of depreciation payments: special cases)—
(a)in paragraph 3(2), head (b); and
(b)in paragraph 4(2)(b), the words “an entail or”, shall cease to have effect.
(5)In Schedule 6 (farm loss payments), in paragraph 1(5)—
(a)in head (a), for the words “an interest as infeft proprietor of” substitute “a right as proprietor with completed title to”; and
(b)the words “, but do not include references to an interest as a superior only” shall cease to have effect.