
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Town and Country Planning (British Coal Corporation) (Amendment) Regulations 1987 and shall come into force on 11th December 1987.
2 
In Schedule 1 to the Town and Country Planning (National Coal Board) Regulations 1974, in relation to section 237 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971, add in column (2):–“
 1A After subsection (1)(a) insert:
 “Provided that the British Coal Corporation shall not be entitled to compensation in respect of the refusal, or the grant subject to conditions, of planning permission for the working of coal by opencast operations;”.”.
Nicholas Ridley
Secretary of State for the Environment
10th November 1987Cecil Parkinson
Secretary of State for Energy
12th November 1987We Consent,
Tony Durant
David Lightbown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
12th November 1987