Part III

Rights and Obligations in connection with Coal Mining

Withdrawal of support from land

Notices under section 38.
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1
A notice under section 38 above shall not be given except—
a
by a person who on the relevant date of publication is a licensed operator and, as the holder of a licence under Part II of this Act, has an area of responsibility that consists of or includes all the land to which the notice relates; or
b
by a person who on that date—
i
is authorised by such a licence, or by virtue of subsection (3) of section 25 above, to carry on coal-mining operations to which that section applies; and
ii
has the approval of the Authority for the giving of a notice relating to the land in question.
2
A notice under section 38 above—
a
shall indicate the land to which it relates either by reference to a map or in any other manner which, in the circumstances, is sufficient to identify it;
b
shall identify the person by whom the notice is given and summarise the respects in which the requirements of subsection (1) above are satisfied in relation to that person; and
c
shall state that there are proposals to carry on coal-mining operations which may require the exercise in relation to that land of such a right as is mentioned in section 38(1) above.
3
A notice under section 38 above shall be given by being published—
a
in the London Gazette or the Edinburgh Gazette, according to whether the land to which the notice relates is in England and Wales or in Scotland; and
b
at least once in each of two successive weeks, in newspapers circulating in the locality where that land is situated.
4
Not later than the relevant date of publication of a notice under section 38 above, the person giving that notice shall—
a
serve a copy of the notice on every planning authority within whose area or district any part of the land to which the notice relates is situated; and
b
post a copy or copies of the notice in some conspicuous place or places on that land.
5
In subsection (4) above “planning authority” means any local planning authority within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and any strategic planning panel established under section 60D of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, or any planning authority within the meaning of Part IX of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.
1990 c. 8.
1973 c. 65.
Words in s. 39(5) inserted (E.W.) (6.9.2015 for specified purposes, 7.1.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Planning (Wales) Act 2015 (anaw 4), s. 58(2)(b)(4)(b), Sch. 2 para. 18; S.I. 2021/7, reg. 2(c)