39Saving Rights of the Admiralty, and of the Board of Trade.
Nothing in this Act contained shall authorize any Person to purchase, take, use, or interfere with any Land, Soil, or Water, or any Right in respect thereof, or to take away, lessen, prejudice, or alter any of the Rights, Privileges, Powers, or Authorities vested in or enjoyed by the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for the Time being for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral (hereinafter designated the Admiralty), or vested in or enjoyed by the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty's Privy Council for Trade and Foreign Plantations (herein-after designated the Board of Trade), without the previous Consent of the Admiralty signified in Writing under the Hand of the Secretary of the Admiralty (which Consent the Admiralty are hereby authorized to give), or, as the Case may be without the previous Consent of the Board of Trade signified in Writing under the Hand of One of the Secretaries of the said Board.