Coal Industry Act 1994 (C. 21)

Amended by:

Water Act 2003 (37)

To provide for the establishment of the local authority and to make provision for the licensing of coal mining operations and for the carrying on of such operations.

Functions exercisable solely by WAG or the National Assembly for Wales.

The only Ministerial functions under this Act exercisable solely by the Welsh Ministers in relation to Wales are : sections 53 and 54.

section 53: Environmental duties in connection with planning. Power of a planning authority to consider any coal-mining proposals included in any application for planning permission. In this section "development" and "planning permission" in relation to England and Wales, have the same meanings as in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. "planning authority" means any local planning authority within the meaning of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 or the Secretary of State in the exercise and performance of such of his powers and duties under those Acts as relate to the grant of planning permission.
section 54: Obligations to restore land affected by coal mining activities. The power of the Secretary of State by a development order to make the planning permission granted by any such order subject to the conditions shall include power, in relation to any permission to win or work any mineral in a coal mine started before 1st July 1948, to make it condition of that permission that there is compliance with the requirements as may be specified or described as the Secretary of State thinks fit in the order.

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