§ 15 Clause 9, page 11, line 2, at end insert (", other than injury due to subsidence caused by underground mining operations".).
§ Lord BellwinMy Lords, I beg to move that this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment. A prohibition order under Clause 9 may impose requirements for the purpose of removing or alleviating any injury to amenity. The amendment excludes from the definition of injury to amenity, damage caused by mining subsidence. We have received representations from the National Coal Board that the provisions of this section should not be applied to mining subsidence as in the case of coal such 424 damage is covered by other legislation. The Government have accepted this argument and therefore I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said amendment.—(Lord Bellwin.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.