New clause 1 – in the House of Commons at 3:32 pm on 22 March 1994.
(4) Any historic artefacts found, by any licensee under Part II of this Act, during the course of mining operations shall become the property of the Coal Authority, which shall offer any such artefact to the designated mining museum for the relevant area within one year of its becoming the property of the Authority.
(5) The Authority shall be required to provide or secure the necessary maintenance and other services to enable all designated mining museums to continue in operation, and, in pursuance of the discharge of this duty, may make it a condition of any licence granted under Part H of this Act that the licensee is required to provide maintenance and other necessary services to any mining museum designated under this section.
(6) The Authority shall make it a condition of any licence granted under Part H of this Act that the licensee shall be required to offer any mining equipment or other machinery, tools, artefacts, etc., as they become obsolete, to the designated mining museum for the area in which the mine at which they were used is located.
I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.
With this, it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 13, in schedule 2, in page 74, line 18 at end insert—