Appointed Day2.

(1)

This article is subject to article 4.

(2)

Section 16(1) and (2)(e)(ii) of the Act, so far as they apply for the purposes set out in paragraph (4), shall come into force on 1st March 2006 for those purposes.

(3)

The provisions of the Act listed in the Schedule to this Order, so far as they apply for the purposes set out in paragraph (4), shall come into force on 1st March 2006 for those purposes.

(4)

The purposes mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3) are—

(a)

to enable the Authority to grant or refuse licences;

(b)

to require that applications for licences are accompanied by such fee as the Authority shall determine in accordance with paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(c)

to enable the Authority to impose conditions on licences;

(d)

to enable the Authority to vary, revoke or suspend licences;

(e)

to enable the Authority to give directions under sections 23 and 24 of the Act and under paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(f)

to require the Authority to give notice of its decisions in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(g)

to enable a person to whom notice is given in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act to require the Authority to give him an opportunity to make representations in accordance with that paragraph;

(h)

to enable applicants to require the Authority to reconsider decisions to revoke or vary licences;

(i)

to enable the Authority to reconsider decisions to revoke or vary licences;

(j)

to enable persons aggrieved by a decision on reconsideration to appeal on a point of law to the High Court.