47.—(1) The local enactments specified in Part 1 of Schedule 16 (amendment of local legislation), and any byelaws or other provisions made under any of those enactments, and the local byelaws specified in Part 2 of that Schedule are hereby excluded and do not apply insofar as inconsistent with a provision of, or a power conferred by, this Order.
(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) a provision is inconsistent with the exercise of a power conferred by this Order if and insofar as (in particular)—
(a)it would make it an offence to take action, or not to take action, in pursuance of the power;
(b)action taken in pursuance of the power would cause the provision to apply so as to enable a person to require the taking of remedial or other action or so as to enable remedial or other action to be taken;
(c)action taken in pursuance of a power or duty under the provision would or might interfere with the exercise of any work authorised by this Order.
(3) Where any person notifies the undertaker in writing that anything done or proposed to be done by the undertaker or by virtue of this Order would amount to a contravention of a statutory provision of local application, the undertaker must as soon as reasonably practicable, and at any rate within 14 days of receipt of the notice, respond in writing setting out—
(a)whether the undertaker agrees that the action taken or proposed does or would contravene the provision of local application;
(b)if the undertaker does agree, the grounds (if any) on which the undertaker believes that the provision is excluded by this article; and
(c)the extent of that exclusion.