(1)Nothing in any local enactment relating to the navigation and in force at the passing of this Act shall prejudice or otherwise affect the exercise of the powers of this Act and, except as may otherwise be agreed between the Board and the Corporation, no part of the new navigation or any of the works authorised by this Act shall be subject to any right or obligation contained in any such enactment.
(2)Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) above, section 117 [1828 c. xcviii.] (Bridge to be built across River Aire) of the Act passed in the year 1828 and entitled “An Act to enable the Undertakers of the Navigation of the Rivers Aire and Calder, in the West Riding of the County of York, to make certain Cuts and Canals, and to improve the said Navigation” is hereby repealed.