
1 
This Order may be cited as the Opencast Coal (Rate of Interest on Compensation) Order 1988, and shall come into force on 7th June 1988.
2 
The rate of interest for the purposes of section 35 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 shall be 9¼ per cent. per annum.
3 
The Opencast Coal (Rate of Interest on Compensation) Order 1987 is hereby revoked.
Michael Neubert 
Tony Durant
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
16th May 1988