WHEREAS by sections 3 and 4 of the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953 it is provided that all regulations made under the authority of that Act shall be laid before Parliament within 28 days after the date of their making if Parliament is then in session, and, if not, within 28 days after the date of the commencement of the next ensuing session, and shall expire on the close of the last day of the session in which they are so laid before Parliament except so far as they are expressly validated or confirmed by an Act of Parliament passed during that session: And whereas the regulations specified in section 2 of this Act have been laid before Parliament during the present session: And whereas doubts have been expressed as to whether their making was authorised by the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953: And whereas the regulations were made on the 23rd day of November 1970, during the session that ended with the 3rd day of December 1970, but were not laid before Parliament until the present session (being the next ensuing session), and doubts have been expressed whether they have been duly laid before Parliament in accordance with section 3 of the said Act: And whereas it is desired to validate those regulations and to confirm them as if in every way they had been validly made and laid before Parliament under the authority of the Primary Products Marketing Act 1953: