6. There shall be substituted for article 7 (registration of growers) the following article—
“7—(1) Every person who was registered as a grower under the Apple and Pear Research Council Order 1989 immediately before the dissolution of the Apple and Pear Research Council shall be registered as a grower in the register kept by the Horticultural Development Council.
(2) Every person who on or after 31st March 2003 becomes a grower shall apply in writing to the Council to be registered within two months of the day on which he became a grower.
(3) Where two or more persons jointly carry on business in the industry they shall, for the purpose of registration, be treated as constituting a single person.”(1).