PART 9Supplementary and final provision
Transitional provision: pending applications for trade licences72.
(1)
Paragraph (2) applies where—
(a)
an application was made before the relevant date for a licence or authorisation under or pursuant to the Export Control Order 2008,
(b)
the application is for authorisation of an act prohibited by Part 4 (Trade), and
(c)
a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before the relevant date.
(2)
The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as including an application for a licence under regulation 36 (trade licences).
(3)
Paragraph (4) applies where—
(a)
an application was made before the relevant date for a licence or authorisation under the Iraq (United Nations Sanctions) Order 2003 or the EU Iraq Regulation,
(b)
the application is for authorisation of an act prohibited by Part 4 (Trade), and
(c)
a decision to grant or refuse the application has not been made before the relevant date.
(4)
The application is to be treated on and after the relevant date as an application for a licence under regulation 36.
(5)
In this regulation, “the relevant date” means—
(a)
where regulations under section 56 of the Act provide that Part 4 comes into force at a specified time on a day, that time on that day;
(b)
otherwise, the date on which Part 4 comes into force.