Exit application to specify an exit date
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8.—(1) An exit application must specify the date on which the relevant undertaker proposes to withdraw from the non-household retail market in relation to its area.
(2) The exit date must not be before the end of the period of 5 months beginning with the date of the application, unless the Secretary of State has agreed to an earlier exit date.
(3) In these Regulations, “exit date”, in relation to a relevant undertaker who has made an exit application, means—
(a)the date specified in the exit application, or
(b)if that date is changed under regulation 13, the date most recently notified to the Secretary of State under that regulation.