11.—(1) The Minister may, if the Minister considers it necessary or expedient for the purpose of protecting the safety of consumers, by regulations impose with respect to any prescribed class or description of goods —
(a)
requirements for securing that goods of that class or description should comply with those requirements whether as to composition or contents, design, construction, finish or packing as the Minister thinks fit; and
(b)
requirements for securing that goods of that class or description should be marked with or accompanied by any information, warning or instruction,
and control or prohibit the supply of goods with respect to which those requirements are not complied with.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Act, where regulations made under this section are in force with respect to any class or description of goods, any person who, in the course of any trade or business, supplies such goods in contravention of those regulations shall be guilty of an offence.
(3) A contravention of the regulations made under this section by a person mentioned in subsection (2) is deemed to be a breach of a statutory duty for which action may be brought by any other person who may be affected by the contravention.