4. For the purposes of the Act and the Regulations—
(a)a notice made under regulation 3(1) is to be treated as if it were a public notice made under section 13(3) of the Act (and accordingly any reference to a public notice made under section 13(3) is to be treated as including a reference to a public notice made under regulation 3(1));
(b)a tariff rate quota that applies to goods by virtue of a notice made under regulation 3(1) is to be treated as a tariff rate quota that applies to goods following the Secretary of State’s acceptance of a recommendation under paragraph 16(3) of Schedule 5 to the Act.