9Persons eligible to make claims for compensation

9 Persons eligible to make claims for compensation

9 Persons eligible to make claims for compensation

(1) Any person, other than the Crown or an instrumentality or agency of the Crown, is eligible to make a claim under clause 10 or 11 if:

(a) saleable coal was, immediately before the base date, vested in that person, and

(b) that coal was situated within a colliery holding at any time during the period beginning with the base date and ending with 1 January 1986.

(2) Where a person claims to have sustained pecuniary loss which is directly attributable to the discharge of any trust, lease, licence, obligation, estate, interest or contract by virtue of the operation of section 5 of the Coal Acquisition Act 1981, and the loss is not one in respect of which a claim could be made under clause 10 or 11, the person is eligible to make a claim under clause 12.