(1)If it appears to the Secretary of State that any local enactment passed or made before the second appointed day is inconsistent with any of the provisions of the Water (Scotland) Acts 1946 to 1967 or of any orders or regulations made thereunder, or requires to be amended or adapted, having regard to any of the provisions of those Acts or of any such order or regulation, he may by order repeal, amend or adapt that enactment to such extent, or in such manner, as he considers appropriate.
(2)The power conferred on the Secretary of State by the foregoing subsection shall include power to consolidate any such local enactments as aforesaid, with or without amendments.
(3)Any order under this section may include such transitional, incidental, supplementary and consequential provisions as the Secretary of State may consider necessary or expedient.
(4)The provisions of this section shall have effect without prejudice to the exercise of any power to repeal, amend or adapt local enactments which is conferred by any other enactment, including any enactment contained in this Act.