53.— The provisions of this Act, and any order made under this Act, have effect notwithstanding anything in—

(a) F58[the Companies Acts or the Building Societies Act 1989] or any other enactment,

(b) any other rule of law or equity,

(c) any code of practice made under an enactment,

(d) the listing rules of any regulated market or the rules of any other market on which the shares of a relevant institution may be traded from time to time,

(e) the memorandum of association and articles of association of a relevant institution, or

(f) any agreement to which such an institution or any of its subsidiaries is a party, is bound by, or has an interest in,

except to any extent to which this Act expressly provides otherwise.