
1 
This Order may be cited as the Opencast Coal (Rate of Interest on Compensation) Order 1987, and shall come into force on 1st May 1987.
2 
The rate of interest for the purposes of section 35 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 shall be 10¼ per cent. per annum.
3 
The Opencast Coal (Rate of Interest on Compensation) (No. 2) Order 1985 is hereby revoked.
Mark Lennox-Boyd
Tony Durant
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th April 1987