In this section—

• “the existing bridge” means the bridge of the Board (numbered 4) carrying Fewston Avenue in the city of Leeds across the railway between Osmondthorpe and Stourton;

• “the footway” means the western footway of Fewston Avenue; and

• “the relevant enactments” means section 9 of the [1893 c. lxxiv.] North Eastern Railway Act 1893, section 12 of the [1894 c. cliii.] North Eastern Railway Act 1894, sections 46 and 50 of the Act of 1845 as incorporated with those Acts and any other enactment relating to the existing bridge.

The Board may bar public access to any part of the existing bridge other than access for persons on foot using the footway.

The relevant enactments shall cease to have effect in so far as they impose any obligation on the Board to provide a bridge on the site of the existing bridge of a width greater than that required for the accommodation of the footway or to allow public access to any part of the existing bridge other than the footway.