Until the coming into force in England and Wales of the first Order under section 30 of the 1999 Act (animal feeding stuffs), the Secretary of State for Health shall have the same power to make, or join in making, Regulations under Part IV of the Agriculture Act 197045 in relation to feedingstuffs as had the Minister, in relation to England and Wales, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations.

The Secretary of State for Health may, jointly with, or instead of, the Minister, exercise the power conferred on him by paragraph (1) above.

Any consultation undertaken wholly or partly before the coming into force of these Regulations relating to Regulations made under or partly under the power conferred on the Secretary of State for Health by paragraph (1) above shall be as effective for the purposes of the exercise of that power as if undertaken after these Regulations come into force.

For the purposes of the exercise of the power conferred on the Secretary of State for Health by paragraph (1) above the Agency shall consult with such persons or organisations as appear to it to represent the interests concerned; and the consultation shall be as effective for the purposes of section 84 of the Agriculture Act 1970 as if undertaken under that section.