5. Regulation 8 (copies of certain applications and declarations to be sent to the Secretary of State) of the 2001 Franchise Regulations shall be amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph (1), for “Secretary of State” substitute “the person shown as the representative of the State in respect of which the applicant is a national in a direction containing a list of such representatives issued by the Lord Chancellor in accordance with paragraph (3) below”.
(b)insert after paragraph (2)—
“(3) The Lord Chancellor shall issue directions identifying the representative for each Member State of the European Union to whom the documents referred to in paragraph (1) above are to be sent.”.