Orders under Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations 1943
5(1)Any order made under regulation 2 of the [S.R. & O. 1943/1553.] Defence (Sale of Food) Regulations 1943, being an order which was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall—
(a)in the case of an order made by the Minister of Food or by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) of that regulation, continue in force and have effect as if contained in regulations made by the Ministers under section 7.
(b)in the case of an order made by the Minister of Food or by the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) of that regulation, continue in force and have effect as if contained in regulations made by the Ministers under section 4, and references in this Act to regulations made under those sections shall be construed accordingly.
(2)Such an order may be varied or revoked accordingly by regulations made under section 4 or section 7, as the case may be ; and the order shall have effect, subject to any variation by regulations under this Act—
(a)as if it provided that any breach was an offence under this Act; and
(b)as if it specified a food and drugs authority as the authority to enforce the provisions of the order within their area.