Application of various sections of the Act

11.  Sections 80(2) (which provides that proceedings for certain offences shall, subject to certain exceptions, only be instituted by the Minister) and 82 (which provides for a defence of mistake or accident to apply to proceedings in certain cases) of the Act shall apply for the purposes of these regulations and for the purposes of section 74A(3) as if references therein to proceedings under the Act included reference to proceedings in respect of an offence under these regulations.