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Operation of directions
under Part II in relation to rights and duties under other laws.
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(b) does not contain a statement that the measures are urgently required and that accordingly the direction is to take effect immediately.
(2) At any time before the end of the period of thirty days beginning with the date on which a direction to which this section applies is given, the person to whom the direction is given may serve on the Secretary of State a notice in writing objecting to the direction, on the grounds that the measures specified in the direction, in so far as they relate to the con. struction, execution, alteration, demolition or removal of a building or other works,
(a) are unnecessary and should be dispensed with, or (b) are excessively onerous or inconvenient and should be
modified in a manner specified in the notice.
(3) Where the person to whom such a direction is given serves a notice under subsection (2) of this section objecting to the direction, the Secretary of State shall consider the grounds of the objection and, if so required by the objector, shall afford to him an opportunity of appearing before, and being heard by, a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose, and shall then serve on the objector a notice in writing either- (a) confirming the direction as originally given, or (b) confirming it subject to one or more modifications specified in the notice under this subsection, or
(c) withdrawing the direction;
and the direction shall not take effect until it has been con- firmed (with or without modifications) by a notice served under this subsection.
15.-(1) The following provisions of this section, where they refer to a direction under any of the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act, shall be construed as referring to that direction as it has effect subject to any limitation imposed on its operation-
(a) by section 13 of this Act, or
(b) by any exemption or immunity of the Crown;
and any reference in those provisions to compliance with such a direction shall be construed as a reference to compliance with it subject to any limitation so imposed.
(2) In so far as any such direction requires anything to be done or not done in the United Kingdom, the direction shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any contract (whether a United Kingdom contract or not) or contained in, or having effect by virtue of, any other Act or any rule of law; and
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against any person in any United Kingdom court by reason of anything done or not done by him or on his behalf in compliance with such a direction.
(3) In so far as such a direction requires anything to be done or not done at a place outside the United Kingdom, the direction shall have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any contract (whether a United Kingdom contract or not); and accordingly, where such a direction is inconsistent with anything in such a contract, it shall (without prejudice to any proceedings in a court other than a United Kingdom court) be construed as requiring compliance with the direction notwithstanding that compliance would be in breach of that contract.
(4) No proceedings for breach of contract shall lie against any person in a United Kingdom court by reason of anything done or not done by him or on his behalf at a place outside the United Kingdom in compliance with any such direction, if the contract in question is a United Kingdom contract.
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(5) In this section "United Kingdom court" means a court exercising jurisdiction in any part of the United Kingdom under the law of the United Kingdom or of part of the United Kingdom, and "United Kingdom contract means a contract which is either expressed to have effect in accordance with the law of the United Kingdom or of part of the United Kingdom or (not being so expressed) is a contract of which the proper law is the law of the United Kingdom or of part of the United Kingdom.
PART II
16.-(1) It shall be an offence for any person without lawful Offences in
relation authority or reasonable excuse (the proof of which shall lie on
to certain him) to have with him-
dangerous
(a) in any aircraft registered in the United Kingdom, articles.
whether at a time when the aircraft is in the United Kingdom or not, or
(b) in any other aircraft at a time when it is in, or in flight
over, the United Kingdom, or
(c) in any part of an aerodrome in the United Kingdom,
or
(d) in any air navigation installation in the United Kingdom
which does not form part of an aerodrome,
any article to which this section applies.
(2) This section applies to the following articles, that is to say-
(a) any firearm, or any article having the appearance of being a firearm, whether capable of being discharged. or not;
(b) any explosive, any article manufactured or adapted (whether in the form of a bomb, grenade or otherwise) so as to have the appearance of being an explosive,
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