Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/57/schedule/23
Timestamp: 2019-12-09 23:55:38
Document Index: 214062209

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

Changes and effects yet to be applied to Schedule 23:
SCHEDULE 23E+W MINERAL RIGHTS
2(1)If the owner of any mines or minerals underlying any part of the [F2Agency’s] undertaking proposes to work them, he shall, not less than thirty days before the commencement of working, serve notice of his intention to do so on the [F2Agency].E+W
(2)On receipt of a notice under sub-paragraph (1) above the [F2Agency] may cause the mines or minerals to be inspected by a person designated by it for the purpose.
(3)Subject to sub-paragraph (5) and paragraph 3 below, if, where notice has been served under this paragraph, the [F2Agency]—
the owner shall not work the mines or minerals except to such extent as may be determined by the [F2Agency], and the [F2Agency] shall so compensate the owner.
(4)Any dispute as to the amount of any compensation payable by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) above shall be referred to and determined by the [F3Upper Tribunal] .
(5)If before the end of the period of thirty days mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) above, no notice has been served under sub-paragraph (3)(c) above by the [F2Agency], the entitlement of the owner of the mines and minerals to work them shall be an entitlement to work them by proper methods and in the usual manner of working such mines or minerals in the district in question.
(6)If any damage to the undertaking of the [F2Agency] is caused by the working otherwise than as authorised by this paragraph of any mines or minerals underlying any part of its undertaking—
(b)the [F2Agency] may, without waiting for the owner to perform his duty, repair the damage and may recover the expenses reasonably incurred by it in doing so from the owner.
F2Words in Sch. 23 para. 2 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
F3Words in Sch. 23 para. 2(4) substituted (1.6.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions (Lands Tribunal and Miscellaneous Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1307), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 236 (with Sch. 5)
3(1)If the working of any mines or minerals is prevented by reason of any of the preceding provisions of this Schedule, the owner of the mines or minerals may cut and make such communication works through the mines or minerals, or the strata in which they are situated, as are required for the ventilation, drainage and working of mines or minerals which are not underlying any part of the undertaking of the [F4Agency].E+W
(i)the part of the undertaking in question was constructed, made, erected or laid in pursuance of an order made under any enactment or is situated on land acquired by the [F4Agency] in pursuance of any powers of compulsory acquisition; and
(4)Where works carried out under this paragraph by the owner of any mines or minerals cause loss or damage to the owner or occupier of land lying over the mines or minerals, the [F4Agency] shall pay full compensation to him for the loss or damage.
F4Words in Sch. 23 para. 3 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
4(1)Where mines or minerals underlying any part of the [F5Agency’s] undertaking are situated so as, on two or more sides of that land, to extend beyond the land on which that part of the undertaking is situated, the [F5Agency] shall from time to time pay to the owner of the mines or minerals (in addition to any compensation under paragraph 2 above) any expenses and losses incurred by him in consequence of—E+W
and shall pay for any minerals not purchased by the [F5Agency] which cannot be got or won by reason of the part of the undertaking in question being situated where it is or by reason of the requirement to avoid damage to any part of the [F5Agency’s] undertaking.
(2)Any dispute as to whether any sum should be paid under this paragraph, or as to the amount payable, shall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the [F5Agency] and the owner of the mines or minerals or, in default of agreement, by the Secretary of State.
F5Words in Sch. 23 para. 4 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
5(1)Any person designated in writing for the purpose by the [F6Agency] may, for any purpose specified in sub-paragraph (2) below—E+W
(a)enter on any land in which the mines or minerals are, or are thought to be, being worked, and which is in or near to the land where any part of the [F6Agency’s] undertaking is situated; and
(b)ascertaining whether any mines or minerals have been worked so as to damage the undertaking of the [F6Agency]; and
(c)carrying out any works and taking any other steps which the [F6Agency] in question is authorised to carry out or take under paragraph 2(6) above.
(b)use all necessary means for discovering the distance from any part of the undertaking of the [F6Agency] to the parts of the mines or the minerals which are, or are about to be, worked.
F6Words in Sch. 23 para. 5 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
6E+WNothing in any provision of this Act or of any order made under this Act shall be construed as exempting the [F7Agency] from any liability to which it would, apart from that provision, have been subject in respect of any damage to any mines or minerals underlying any part of its undertaking or in respect of any loss sustained in relation to any such mines or minerals by a person having an interest therein.
F7Word in Sch. 23 para 6 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3
“designated distance”, in relation to any part of the [F8Agency’s] undertaking, means, subject to sub-paragraph (6) below, thirty-seven metres;
“underlying”, in relation to any part of the [F8Agency’s]undertaking, means lying under, or within the designated distance from, that part of that undertaking.
(2)For the purposes of this Schedule the [F8Agency’s] undertaking shall be taken to consist of so much of any of the following as is for the time being vested in or held by the [F8Agency] for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of any of its functions, that is to say—
(4)For the purposes of this Schedule land shall be treated as acquired by the [F8Agency] in pursuance of powers of compulsory acquisition if it—
(b)is now vested in the [F8Agency] in accordance with a scheme under Schedule 2 to the M2Water Act 1989 or otherwise.
(a)any part of the [F8Agency’s] undertaking was constructed, made, erected or laid in pursuance of an order made under any enactment or is situated on land acquired by the [F8Agency] in pursuance of any powers of compulsory acquisition; and
F8Words in Sch. 23 para. 7 substituted (subject to other provisions of the amending Act) (1.4.1996) by 1995 c. 25, s. 120, Sch. 22 para. 128 (with ss. 7(6), 115, 117); S.I. 1996/186, art. 3