171. All the provisions of the Regulation respecting the application of the Public Health Protection Act (R.R.Q., 1981, chapter P-35, r.1) that concern matters to which this Act applies remain in force until replaced or repealed by a regulation made under this Act, but with the following exceptions:(1) sections 16 and 17 of the regulation and the Return of Marriage form provided in Schedule 2 to the regulation are repealed;
(2) sexually transmitted diseases which, according to the existing regulation, must be declared on one of the forms reproduced in Schedules 12 and 13 of the regulation shall continue to be so declared until those forms are specifically repealed or replaced by a new regulation made by the Minister;
(3) venereal diseases, even if they must continue to be reported, are no longer subject to compulsory treatment.