Section 13: Land required for public purposes.

(1) Whenever any land the subject of a lease or licence is required for public purposes, the Minister may call upon the lessee or licensee to surrender his rights to such land.
(2) The lessee or licensee shall when so called upon, within a reasonable time, surrender the land in accordance with the procedure prescribed.
(3) Compensation shall be payable to the occupier of the land, if any, as well as the holder for any interference with his surface working or for disturbance or the loss of reasonable expectation of profits from quarrying on the land required for public purposes; and any question as to what is a reasonable expectation of profits from quarrying shall be determined by the Chief Inspector, whose decision on the matter shall be final.