10.—(1) A Board is to treat a premises licence application received during the transitional period as made by a person (“the new applicant”) who is not the original applicant where–
(a)both the original applicant and the new applicant advise the Board prior to determination of the application that they wish this done; and
(b)a fee of £34 is paid to it.
(2) Where a Board is treating a premises licence application as made by a new applicant in terms of paragraph (1), it is to give notice of that fact to the appropriate chief constable.
(3) Within 21 days of receipt of a notice under paragraph (2), the appropriate chief constable must give to the Board one or other of the notices mentioned in subsection (4) of section 21 of the 2005 Act in respect of the new applicant.
(4) Subsection (5) of section 21 of the 2005 Act applies in respect of a notice under paragraph (3) as it applies in respect of a notice under subsection (4) of that section.
(5) Where a Board is treating a premises licence application as made by a new applicant in terms of paragraph (1), regulation 12 of the Licensing (Procedure) (Scotland) Regulations 2007(1) does not apply.