Weekly Bulletin on Outbreak and other Emergencies: Week 36: 31 August - 06 September 2020

In subsection (1) of section 3 of the 1980 Act (which, as amended by section 2(1) of the 1982 Act, provides for the payment of grants in respect of group deficits for financial years of the Board ending in or before March 1984) for the words from " for a financial year of the Board " onwards there shall be substituted " for the financial years of the Board ending in March 1984, 1985 and 1986 ".

For subsection (4) of that section there shall be substituted—

The following enactments shall cease to have effect, namely— section 8 of the 1973 Act (grants as respects coking coal supplied during the financial years of the Board ending in March 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983); section 2 of the 1977 Act (grants for or by reference to those financial years for promoting the sale of coal to Electricity Boards); section 3 of the 1977 Act (grants towards costs incurred in those financial years in connection with stocks of coal or coke); and sections 4 and 5(2) of the 1980 Act (limit on aggregate amount of grants under the above enactments and under section 3 of the 1980 Act).

Section 6 of the 1977 Act (grants in connection with pit closures) shall be amended as follows.

In subsection (3) (which, as amended by section 6(1)(a) of the 1980 Act, provides for such grants to be made towards expenditure of the Board for financial years of the Board ending in or before March 1984) for " and 1984 " there shall be substituted " 1984, 1985 and 1986. "

In subsection (5) (which, as amended by section 4(1) of the 1982 Act, provides for a limit of £200 million on the aggregate amount of grants under section 6), for " £200 million " there shall be substituted " £400 million ".

Section 7 of the 1977 Act (payments to or in respect of redundant workers) shall be amended as follows.

In subsection (1) (which, as amended by section 7(2) of the 1980 Act, provides that the qualifying period for payments under a scheme under section 7 ends with March 1984) for " 1st April 1984 " there shall be substituted " 30th March 1986 ".

In subsection (5) (which, as amended by section 4(2) of the 1982 Act, provides for a limit of £300 million on the aggregate amount of such payments during the financial years of the Board ending in or before March 1984) for the words from "and 1984" onwards there shall be substituted " 1984, 1985 and 1986 shall not exceed £1,200 million. "

This Act may be cited as the Coal Industry Act 1983.

This Act and the Coal Industry Acts 1946 to 1982 may be cited together as the Coal Industry Acts 1946 to 1983.

The enactments mentioned in the Schedule to this Act (which include certain spent provisions) are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

This Act does not extend to Northern Ireland.