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"(b) apply, as respects any matters to be dealt with by the
"regulations, any provision in any Act of Parliament dealing
"with the like matters, with the necessary modifications and
"adaptations :
"(c) provide for the recovery of any charges authorised to
"be made by the regulations for the purposes of the regula"lations
or any services performed thereunder ;
"(2) For the purposes of regulations made under this Act, articles
"commonly used for the food or drink of man shall be deemed
"to be intended for sale for human consumption unless the
"contrary is proved.
And whereas We, the Local Government Board, are empowered by
Regulations made under the Public Health Act, 1897, and the enactments
mentioned in that Act, to provide for the Regulations being enforced and
executed by the Officers of Customs, as well as by other Authorities and
Officers, and by subsection 2 (a) of Section 1 of the Public Health Act, 1896,
it is provided that the Regulations shall be subject to the consent, so far as
they apply to the Officers of Customs, of the Commissioners of His Majesty's
Customs;
And whereas, for the prevention of danger arising to public health, it is
expedient that such Regulations as are hereinafter set forth be made in
relation to articles of food ;
And whereas the Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs have signified
their consent to the said Regulations, so far as they apply to the Officers of
Customs.
NOW THEREFORE, We, the Local Government Board, by this Order,
and in the exercise of the powers conferred upon Us by the Public Health
Act, 1875, the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, the Public Health Act,
1896, and the Public Health (Regulations as to Food), Act 1907, and of
every other power enabling Us in that behalf, do make the following
Regulations, that is to say :—
Article 1.—In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
Interpretstion.
(a) Words importing the masculine gender include females ;
(b) Words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural
include the singular;
(c) Expressions referring to writing include references to printing
and other modes of representing or reproducing words in a
visible form;