 The Controller was permitted to make cash advances to enable the output of a mine to be maintained.Contravention of the Act, or of related orders by the Board of Trade, constituted an offence, incurring a fine of £100 plus £10 per day the offence continued.Subject to Schedule II, the agreement confirmed by the Coal Mines Control Agreement (Confirmation) Act 1918 was to cease from 1 April 1919 and that Act was to be repealed.