Any payments made by
the Board from the Fund before the coming into operation of the
Coal Miners’ Welfare Act Amendment Act 1968 1 , for or towards any
purpose connected with the provision of amenities other than those to which
section 16(1) refers, shall be deemed to have been lawfully made by the Board
for the purposes of carrying out the duties and functions imposed on it by
this Act.
[Section 22A inserted: No. 3 of 1968 s. 3.]