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Coal Authority Formation 1994 Legal status Non-departmental public body (NDPB) Purpose/focus Coal mining in the UK Location 200 Lichfield Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, NG18 4RG Region served UK Membership 160 staff Chief Executive Philip Lawrence Main organ Coal Authority Board (Chairman - Dr Helen Mounsey) Parent organization Department of Energy and Climate Change Budget £30m (2010) Website Coal Authority The Coal Authority is a non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government.
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History
It was established under the Coal Industry Act 1994 to manage certain functions previously undertaken by the British Coal Corporation (formerly the National Coal Board), including ownership of unworked coal. It is situated in the south of Mansfield, in Berry Hill. It was funded by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and is now funded by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Function
Coal Authority sign on former mine on Threshfield Moor in North Yorkshire
It is responsible for licensing coal mining operations and for providing information on coal reserves and past and future coal mining. It settles subsidence claims not falling on coal mining operators. It deals with the management and disposal of property, and with surface hazards such as abandoned coal mine shafts. It operates a 24-hour call-out service for surface hazards.
See also
Source
- Whitaker's Almanack 2002. London: The Stationery Office Ltd. 2001. ISBN 0 11 7022 799.
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Categories:- Non-departmental public bodies of the United Kingdom government
- Organisations based in Nottinghamshire
- Organizations established in 1994
- Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Coal in the United Kingdom
- Mansfield
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