5. In regulation 11 (grant of licences)—
(a)for paragraph (2), substitute—
“(2) A licence, not being the renewal of a licence, may be granted—
(a)for such period not exceeding 5 years; or
(b)for any period or without a time limit in a case—
(i)to which paragraph (4) applies; or
(ii)to which paragraph (4) does not apply by virtue of paragraph (5)(e); or
(iii)where the licence application relates only to the manufacture of ammonium nitrate blasting intermediate,
as the Secretary of State determines.”;
(b)in paragraph (5)—
(i)omit sub-paragraph (b);
(ii)in sub-paragraph (d), omit “or” at the end; and
(iii)at the end of sub-paragraph (e), insert—
“(f)which is to follow, without a gap in time, a previous licence granted to follow, without a gap in time, a deemed licence for the purposes of regulation 26(3); or
(g)relating to the manufacture of explosives by the Police Service of Northern Ireland for operational purposes or the training of its members in relation to those purposes.”; and
(c)in paragraph (7), after “paragraph (4)” insert “or in cases where that procedure was not required by virtue of paragraph (5)(d) or (e)”.