2.—(1) This paragraph applies to any action taken by a producer or consignor before this paragraph comes into force but which would, if taken after it comes into force, have been a notification which complied with regulation 26, (“a pre-notification”).E+W
(2) A pre-notification is to be regarded as notification given upon the coming into force of this paragraph.
(3) Regulation 28(1) does not apply to a notification arising out of a pre-notification and that notification takes effect, instead:
(a)where the person who gave the pre-notification requested a date for commencement, at the beginning of the date so requested;
(b)where no such request was made, at the beginning of the fourth day following the day on which the pre-notification took place;
(c)when payment of the relevant fee is received by the Agency;
(d)upon the coming into force of this paragraph;
whichever is the later.
(4) Where the Agency issues a premises code in respect of premises which are the subject of a pre-notification given pursuant to this paragraph, that code is to be regarded as having been issued on the coming into force of this paragraph.
(5) Where the relevant fee is paid to the Agency in respect of a pre-notification, that fee is to be regarded as having been paid for the purposes of regulation 26(7) on the coming into force of this paragraph.