18 Power to amend local Acts.E+W
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument repeal or amend any relevant local Act provision that appears to him to be inconsistent with, or to require modification in consequence of, any provision of this Act.
(2)For the purposes of this section, a relevant local Act provision is a provision—
(a)contained in any local Act passed before this Act, and
(b)providing for any matter to be, or to be registered as, a local land charge or otherwise requiring or authorising the registration of any matter in a local land charges register.
(3)An order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order under this section.
(4)Before making an order under this section the Lord Chancellor shall consult any local authority appearing to him to be concerned.