# The Local Authorities (Social Services and Food and Drugs) Order 1974, Article 5: Food and Drugs


Anything duly done before 1st April 1974 by, to, or in relation to any dissolved authority or authorised officer of such authority in the exercise of any function under the Food and Drugs Act 1955 or any statutory or other instrument having effect thereunder, shall be deemed as from that date to have been duly done by, to, or in relation to the successor authority by whom the function has become exercisable by virtue of sections 198(2) and 199(5) of the Act or, as the case may be, an authorised officer of such authority, and any instrument in force immediately before that date, if and so far as it was made in the exercise of any such function, shall continue in force after that date until varied or revoked in the exercise of that function by the successor authority.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/273/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-social-services-and-food-and-drugs-order-1974/article-5
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