Schedule 23, paragraph 1(2)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the appropriate agency shall not, by virtue only of its acquisition of the land or the carrying out of the works, become entitled to any mines or minerals lying under the land; and, accordingly, any such mines or minerals shall be deemed to be excepted from any instrument by virtue of which the land vests in the appropriate agency unless express provision to the contrary is contained— where the land vests in the appropriate agency by virtue of a conveyance, in the conveyance; or where the land is acquired by the appropriate agency in pursuance of any power of compulsory acquisition conferred by or under this Act, in the order authorising the acquisition.

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