Licences: supplementary provisions
15.—(1) Where on or after 1st October 1997 a person has applied for a licence other than a renewal of a licence in respect of the provision of facilities for adventure activities but the authority has failed to issue a decision on that application within three months of the date on which the application was received by the licensing authority, nothing in these Regulations shall require the person to hold a licence in respect of such provision during the period commencing on the expiry of the three months mentioned above and ending on the date on which a decision is issued on that application either by the authority or by the Secretary of State on an appeal under regulation 14.
(2) Where the licensing authority has received an application for the renewal of a licence more than three months before the expiry date of that licence but the authority has failed to issue a decision on that application before the expiry date then the licence shall be regarded as continuing in force until such time as a decision is issued on that application either by the authority or by the Secretary of State on an appeal under regulation 14.