17.—(1) In the Schedule to each of the Port Health Authority Orders specified in Schedule 11 any reference to the Food and Drugs Act 1955, the Importation of Milk Act 1983 or the Food Act 1984 shall cease to have effect.
(2) After the provisions of the Orders specified in column 3 of Schedule 11 there shall be inserted the following paragraph numbered sequentially—
“There are hereby assigned to the port health authority constituted by this Order the functions, rights and liabilities of a food authority under the Food Safety Act 1990 so far as they are applicable to a port health authority.”.