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(1)[F1The Secretary of State] shall be charged with the general duty of securing the effective and co-ordinated development of coal, petroleum and other minerals and sources of fuel and power in Great Britain, . . . F2, and of promoting economy and efficiency in the supply, distribution, use and consumption of fuel and power, whether produced in Great Britain or not.
F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1969/1498, art. 2(2) and 1970/1537, arts. 2(2), 7(4)
F2Words repealed by S.I. 1974/2012, reg. 2
F4S. 1(3) repealed by Statute Law Revision Act 1966 (c. 5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Unreliable marginal note
C2S. 1(1) extended by S.I. 1988/1222, regs. 2, 3, 4
S. 1(1) so far as it relates to maintaining and improving the safety, health and welfare of persons employed in or about mines and quarries in Great Britain saved by virtue of Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c.37, SIF 43:3), s. 53, Sch. 1 and Tay Road Bridge Order Confirmation Act 1991 (c. iv), Sch. Pt. VII s. 62
C3s. 1(1) amended by Continental Shelf Act 1964 (c. 29), s. 1(6)
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F5Ss. 2, 3 repealed by S.I. 1969/1498, Sch. 2
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F7S. 5 repealed by S.I. 1969/1498, Sch. 2
(1)For the purposes of subsection (1) of section one of this Act, the expressions “coal” and “petroleum” respectively include products of coal and products of petroleum.
F8(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F8(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F8S. 6(2)(3) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993, c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1, Pt.XI
(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10
(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11
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