Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1950

The Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1950 (14 Geo. 6. c. 23) was an Act of Parliament passed in the United Kingdom by the Labour government of Clement Attlee. It established a scheme to provide relief for residents whose dwellinghouses had been damaged by subsidence.[1][2]

Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1950
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to provide for the carrying out of repairs and the making of payments in respect of damage affecting certain dwelling-houses and caused by subsidence resulting from the working and getting of coal and other minerals worked with coal, and for the execution of works to prevent or reduce such damage; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation14 Geo. 6. c. 23
Dates
Royal assent28 July 1950
Other legislation
Repealed byStatute Law (Repeals) Act 1973
Status: Repealed

References

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  1. ^ "Opinion: Fitzpatrick v the Coal Authority".
  2. ^ http://www.thisisderbyshire.co.uk/Historic-film-shows-mining-town-left-sinking-feeling/story-11585791-detail/story.html [dead link]