3.—(1) This article applies in relation to the pilot areas.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where—
(a)an application for the amendment of a register has been made to a commons registration authority before 1st October 2008, pursuant to regulations under section 13(c) of the 1965 Act; and
(b)the commons registration authority has not determined the application before that date.
(3) The commons registration authority shall continue to deal with the application on and after 1st October 2008 as if section 13(c) of the 1965 Act had not been repealed.
(4) Paragraph (5) applies where, before 1st October 2008, a commons registration authority has not complied with any requirement imposed on it by section 6(2) or (3) or section 7(2) of the 1965 Act.
(5) Such of the following provisions as may be applicable continue to apply in relation to the requirement until it is complied with, as if the provisions had not been repealed or revoked—
(a)section 6(2), and regulations made under sections 6(2) and 19(1)(k) of the 1965 Act(1);
(b)section 6(3) of the 1965 Act;
(c)section 7(2), and regulations made under sections 7(2) and 19(1)(k) of the 1965 Act(2).
(6) In relation to any amendment made to a register before 1st October 2008, section 14(b) of the 1965 Act continues to apply as if it had not been repealed.
The Commons Registration (Disposal of Disputed Registrations) Regulations 1972 (S.I. 1972/437), as amended by S.I. 1993/1771, require entries to be made in the prescribed manner for the purposes of section 6(2) of the 1965 Act.
The Commons Registration (Finality of Undisputed Registrations) Regulations 1970 (S.I. 1970/1371), require entries to be made in the prescribed manner for the purposes of section 7(2) of the 1965 Act.