Nothing in this Act or in any order made thereunder shall—
(a)affect the powers conferred on the [F1Secretary of State] under the M1Dockyard Ports Regulation Act 1865;
F2(b)[F3affect any right conferred by or in accordance with [F2 the electronic communications code on the operator of an electronic communications code network ] or any duty of any such operator under that code;]
[F4(c)authorise or require any person—
(i)to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by a [F5river authority] or other drainage authority, or
(ii)to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by a [F5river authority] or other drainage authority,
unless the [F5river authority or other] authority consents or the work is to be done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the [F5river authority or other] authority is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;]
[F4(c)authorise or require any person—
(i)to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed or maintainable by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board, or]
(ii)to carry out any work on land on which the sowing or planting of vegetation is carried out or vegetation is maintained by the National Rivers Authority or an internal drainage board,
unless the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board consents or the work is done by, or under a scheme prepared by, a coast protection board on which the National Rivers Authority or the internal drainage board is represented and is to be carried out in the area of that coast protection board;
(d)authorise or require any person to carry out any work or do anything in contravention of the [F6the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979]; or
(e)authorise or require any person to carry out any work of alteration, improvement, repair, maintenance, demolition or removal on any works constructed for the drainage of agricultural land in Scotland, unless the Secretary of State consents.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of Defence (Transfer of Functions) Act 1964 (c. 15), s. 3(2)
F2Words in s. 47(b) substituted (25.7.2003 for specified purposes, 29.12.2003 in so far as not already in force) by Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), s. 411(2), Sch. 17 para. 19 (with Sch. 18); S.I. 2003/1900, arts. 1(2), 2(1), Schs. 1 (with art. 3) (as amended by S.I. 2003/3142, art. 1(3)); S.I. 2003/3142, art. 3(2) (with art. 11)
F3S. 47(b) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 2, 109, 110(2), Sch. 4 para. 27
F4S. 47(c) substituted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. 11(7), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
F5Words substituted by virtue of Water Resources Act 1963 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 4
F6Words substituted by virtue of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (c. 46, SIF 3), s. 64(2), Sch. 4 para. 2
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