(1)Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting any powers of the Minister of Transport or of the Crown Estate Commissioners, or as authorising any matter or thing to be done without the consent of the Minister of Transport or of the Crown Estate Commissioners in any case where that consent is required to be obtained by virtue of section 9 of the Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1932 [1932 c.11] .
[F1(1A)Nothing in Part VA—
(a)affects prejudicially any estate, right, power, privilege, authority or exemption of the Crown; or
(b)authorises the taking, using or entering of, or interference with, any land or hereditaments or any rights of whatsoever description (including any portion of the shore or bed of the sea or of any river, channel, creek, bay or estuary) belonging to Her Majesty in right of Her Crown and under the management of the Crown Estate Commissioners without the consent in writing of those Commissioners.]
(2)Save as aforesaid, this Act shall bind the Crown to the full extent authorised or permitted by the constitutional laws of Northern Ireland.