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MINERAL DEVELOPMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1969 - SECT 30

Persons entitled to compensation under section 29.

30.(1) The right to compensation under section 29 in respect of mines and
minerals of any description in any land shall be deemed to have vested in the
persons who, immediately before the commencement of section 1(1), were
entitled to any estate in the mines and minerals of that description in that
land and may be disposed of or shall devolve accordingly.

(2) Where, by virtue of section 9(1), section 1(1) is deemed to have had
effect with respect to any mines and minerals so as to vest them in
the Ministry, subsection (1) shall have effect as if the reference therein to
the persons who, immediately before the commencement of section 1(1), were
entitled to any estate in the mines and minerals were a reference to the
persons who, immediately before section 1(1) was first deemed to have had
effect with respect to those mines and minerals, were entitled to such an
estate.

f5nbbw0261 (a)stating that such compensation may be payable;

(b)mentioning the land in relation to which rights to compensation may arise;

(c)naming a place or places (including at least one place in the locality)
where maps identifying the land are available for inspection at all reasonable
hours; and

(d)indicating that any person who, having regard to the provisions of
section 30, is entitled to compensation in respect of the mines and minerals
of that description in that land or any part of it may submit his claim for
such compensation to the Ministry within a period of one year from the date of
the first publication of the notice.

(2) On the expiration of the period mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsection
(1), or (if all relevant claims appear to the Ministry to have been submitted)
of such lesser period as appears to the Ministry to be appropriate,
the Ministry shall proceed to consider the claims submitted as mentioned in
that paragraph.

(3) Where the Ministry is satisfied that good reasons exist for the failure of
any person to submit a claim for compensation under section 29 before the
expiration of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(d), his claim may be
accepted after the expiration of that period.

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