6.—(1) Notwithstanding regulation 5 above, for the purposes of regulations 38 and 40 of the Principal Regulations—
(a)a person shall be treated as having passed the theory test if, before the date when the relevant provision of these Regulations comes into force, he has satisfied the person conducting a theory test that he has a sound knowledge and understanding of the specified matters prescribed at the date when he took that theory test, and
(b)a theory test pass certificate furnished to that person in respect of that test shall continue to be valid in accordance with regulation 47 of the Principal Regulations.
(2) In this regulation, “specified matters”, “theory test” and “theory test pass certificate” have the same meanings respectively as in the Principal Regulations.