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MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 1

1.(1) Subject to subsection (3), the property in all minerals existing in
natural condition in land in Northern Ireland, and in all mines for the
working of such minerals, is hereby vested in the Ministry of Commerce (in
this Act referred to as "the Ministry").

(2) Without prejudice to the succeeding provisions of this Act relating to the
payment of compensation in respect of the mines and minerals vested in
the Ministry by virtue of subsection (1), those mines and minerals shall so
vest free from all claims or estates whatsoever and notwithstanding any
transferred provision in any local or private Act.

(3) Subsection (1) shall have effect subject to the exceptions contained in
sections 2 to 7.

© 1969 Crown Copyright

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