Commentary on Sections Public sector exit payments Section 158: Concessionary Coal
854.Subsection (1) of this section applies to a person’s contractual entitlement to concessionary coal or payments in lieu of concessionary coal arising in connection to his employment at UK Coal Production Ltd, UK Coal Thoresby Limited and UK Coal Kellingley Limited. This person includes an employee, redundant person, retired person or in some cases, a dependant of such persons. In the case of a dependant, they will not have a direct contractual entitlement with the company but their entitlement would be referable to a contractual right. UK Coal Production Ltd, UK Coal Thoresby Limited, UK Coal Kellingley must be carrying on the business of deep coal-mining (as opposed to opencast coal-mining) on 1 January 2014.
855.Subsection (2) provides the enabling power to allow the Secretary of State to make payments in order to secure a person’s entitlement to concessionary coal or payments in lieu of concessionary coal.
856.Subsection (3) provides for HMT’s consent.
857.Concessionary coal is defined in subsection (4).