Until the coming into operation of Article 28, references in Articles 3, 7, 10, 25 and 26 to a regulated airport shall be construed as references to an airport to which this paragraph applies.

This paragraph applies to an airport if the annual turnover of the business carried on at the airport by the airport operator exceeded £1 million in the case of at least two of the last three financial years ending before the date when this paragraph comes into operation.

Paragraphs (11) and (12) of Article 28 apply for the purposes of this paragraph as they apply for the purposes of that Article.