Section 11. Rules and regulations of the department; evidence

1. The rules
  and regulations of the department promulgated pursuant to the provisions
  of this chapter may be read in evidence from the official compilation of
  codes,  rules  and  regulations  of the state of New York, or supplement
  thereto. To entitle any copy of the said rules  and  regulations,  other
  than those in the official compilation or supplement thereto, to be read
  in  evidence  there  shall  be  contained in the same book or pamphlet a
  printed certificate of the secretary  of  state  that  such  copy  is  a
  correct  transcript  of  the  text  of the said rules and regulations as
  published in the official compilation or supplement thereto. For such  a
  certificate  the secretary of state shall collect such a fee as he shall
  deem just and reasonable.
    2. All regulations of the department on file in the department and  in
  the office of the secretary of state on the date when this chapter takes
  effect  shall  continue  to  be  binding  and  in force except as may be
  inconsistent with this chapter and as amended or repealed from  time  to
  time.