COAL ACQUISITION ACT 1981 - SECT 5 Vesting of coal in the Crown

COAL ACQUISITION ACT 1981 - SECT 5

5 Vesting of coal in the Crown

(1) All coal that, but for this Act, would be vested in--

(a) an instrumentality or agency of the Crown, or

(b) any person other than the Crown,

is vested in the Crown freed and discharged from all trusts, leases, licences, obligations, estates, interests and contracts.

(2) This section does not apply to coal granted under the Coal Ownership (Restitution) Act 1990 .

(3) The reference in subsection (1) to leases does not include, and is to be taken never to have included, a reference to coal leases within the meaning of the Coal Mining Act 1973 .

(4) The provisions of this section have effect despite anything contained in section 42 of the Real Property Act 1900 .