5.—(1) The chairman or secretary of a club in existence immediately before the commencement date may, within a period of 6 months after the commencement date,—N.I.
(a)if the club will have been in existence for 2 years or, in the case of a sporting club, 1 year at the time of the court sitting at which the application is to be made, make an application under Article 96 for registration of the club; or
(b)if the club will have been in existence for 2 years or, in the case of a sporting club, 1 year on a date after the end of that period, serve notice of the intention to make an application under Article 96 for registration of the club on or after that date upon the clerk of petty sessions and at the same time serve a copy of the notice upon the sub-divisional commander of the police sub-division in which the premises of the club are situated.
(2) Where by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) an application is made under Article 96 for registration of a club—
(a)paragraph (4)(c) of that Article shall have effect as if there were inserted at the beginning the words “ that the club has been in existence, and ”; and
(b)Schedule 13 shall have effect as if—
(i)paragraph 1(a) were omitted; and
(ii)in paragraph 1(b) for the words “that time” there were substituted the words “ the time of the court sitting at which the application is to be made ”; and
(iii)in paragraph 1(c) for the words “mentioned in sub-paragraph (a)” there were substituted the words “ of the police sub-division in which the premises of the club are situated ”; and
(iv)in paragraph (4) for “(a)” there were substituted “ (b) ”.