17. Section 46A(1) (limited extension of abstraction licence validity) has effect in relation to a full licence or transfer licence held by the Agency as if in subsection (2)—
(a)the reference to a “valid” application included a reference to an Agency application;
(b)the reference to the Agency receiving a valid application were a reference to the Secretary of State or the Assembly (as the case may be) receiving an Agency application; and
(c)the reference to the Agency agreeing a later date were a reference to the Secretary of State or the Assembly (as the case may be) agreeing a later date.
Section 46A was inserted by the WA, section 20.