WHEREAS by section 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 they should have been laid before Parliament and validated and confirmed by Act during the session held on the 28th day of February 1977: And whereas it was not intended that the regulations were to expire with that session: