
1 

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 (Repeals) Regulations 1974 and shall come into operation on 1st January 1975.
(2) The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply to the interpretation of these Regulations as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
2 
Sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 42 of the Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 are each hereby repealed.
Eric Varley
Secretary of State for Energy
Michael Foot
Secretary of State for Employment
3rd December 1974