Transitional provisions
19.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations shall require a person to hold a licence before 1st August 1996.
(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (1), where before 1st August 1996 a person has applied for a licence in respect of the provision of facilities for adventure activities, nothing in these Regulations shall require a person to hold a licence in respect of such provision until the earlier of—
(a)1st October 1997; and
(b)the grant or refusal of the licence.
(3) Where on or after 1st August 1996 but before 1st October 1997 a person has applied for a licence in respect of the provision of facilities for adventure activities, nothing in these Regulations shall require a person to hold a licence in respect of such provision during the period commencing on the twenty eighth day after the receipt by the licensing authority of the application and ending on the earlier of—
(a)1st October 1997, or the date 3 months after the application is made (whichever is the later); and
(b)the grant or refusal of the licence.
(4) Where an application for a licence is made before 1st October 1997, a failure by the licensing authority to issue a decision on the application by that date or within 3 months after the application is made (whichever is the later) shall be treated for the purposes of regulation 14 (appeals) as a refusal of the licence.