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Operation of directions under Part 11 in relation to rights and duties under other laws.
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specified in the direction, in so far as they relate to the con- struction, execution, alteration, demolition or removal of a build- ing 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) above objecting to the direc- tion, 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 speci-
fied in the notice under this subsection; or
(c) withdrawing the direction;
and the direction shall not take effect until it has been confirmed (with or without modifications) by a notice served under this subsection.
19.-(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 opera- tion-
(7) by section 16 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 accordingly no proceedings (whether civil or criminal) shall lie against any person in any United Kingdom court by reason of anything done or not done by him or on his behalf in com- pliance 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 con- tract (whether a United Kingdom contract or not); and accord- ingly, where such a direction is inconsistent with anything in
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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 con- tract in question is a United Kingdom contract.
(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 King- dom, and "
means a contract which United Kingdom contract 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
aircraft and
20.-(1) For the purpose of enabling the Secretary of State to Inspection of determine whether to give a direction to any person under any aerodromes. of the preceding provisions of this Part of this Act, or of ascer- taining whether any such direction is being or has been com- plied with, any person authorised in writing by the Secretary of State (in this section referred to as an “authorised person ") shall have power, on production (if required) of his credentials, to inspect―
(a) any aircraft registered or operating in the United King-
dom, at a time when it is in the United Kingdom, or
(b) any part of any aerodrome in the United Kingdom. (2) An authorised person inspecting an aircraft or any part of an aerodrome under subsection (1) above shall have power-- (a) to subject any property found by him in the aircraft (but not the aircraft itself or any apparatus or equip ment installed in it) or, as the case may be, to subject that part of the aerodrome or any property found by him there, to such tests, or
(b) to require the operator of the aircraft, or the manager
of the aerodrome, to furnish to him such information,
as the authorised person may consider necessary for the purpose for which the inspection is carried out.
(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, an authorised person, for the purpose of exercising any power conferred on him by the preceding provisions of this section in relation to an aircraft or in relation to an aerodrome, shall have power-
(a) for the purpose of inspecting an aircraft, to enter it and
to take all such steps as are necessary to detain it, or
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