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Coal Mines Act 1930
Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
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The Coal Mines Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 34) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which introduced a system of quotas in the coal mining industry of Great Britain. The act was a major achievement of the Labour Party, which revoked the eight hour day that had been enacted in 1926, replacing it with a 7 1⁄2 hour day. Mine owners were allowed to fix quotas and minimum prices. Theoretically, the new commission was to plan to close less-efficient pits, but it was not effective. Historian A. J. P. Taylor says that:
- on the contrary, the act protected the inefficient. It operated restriction and stable prices at the expense of the consumer. Here was the pattern for British capitalism in the thirties.[1]
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Long titleAn Act to provide for regulating and facilitating the production, supply and sale of coal by owners of coal mines; for the temporary amendment of section three of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908; for the constitution and functions of a Coal Mines National Industrial Board; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 34
Territorial extent[b]
Royal assent1 August 1930
| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to provide for regulating and facilitating the production, supply and sale of coal by owners of coal mines; for the temporary amendment of section three of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1908; for the constitution and functions of a Coal Mines National Industrial Board; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid. |
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| Citation | 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 34 |
| Territorial extent | [b] |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 1 August 1930 |
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| Repealed | 1 January 1947 |
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| Amends | Coal Mines Regulation Act 1908 |
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| Repealed by | Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946 |
Status: Repealed | |
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The act created the Coal Mines Reorganization Commission, consisting of five commissioners.[2]