PART 3Transitional provisions and consequential amendment
Transitional provisions15.
(1)
Nothing in these Regulations prevents the making available on the market of a civil explosive which—
(a)
complies with the requirements of Part 13 of the Explosives Regulations 201412 (“the 2014 Regulations”) as that Part had effect before its amendment by these Regulations; and
(b)
was placed on the market before 20th April 2016.
(2)
Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or operation of a recipient competent authority document which was issued by a competent authority before the commencement of these Regulations.
(3)
In paragraph (2), “recipient competent authority document” and “competent authority” have the meanings they are given by regulation 8(9) of the 2014 Regulations as that provision had effect before its amendment by these Regulations.