6. c. 52) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created the Coal Commission.

The main purpose of the Act was to create a Coal Commission, consisting of five people (including a chairman) appointed by the Board of Trade.

The commission was required to obey all requests of the Board of Trade that were in the "national interest", making it directly under the control of the government of the day.

[3] The Act was criticised by academics as a piece of socialist legislation passed by a Conservative government, which as a result contained so many amendments, provisos and limitations that it was in many ways unworkable.

As an example, the Commission was allowed to open up new underground workings, but was prohibited from disturbing the surface of the ground.