4. At the end of paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—
“1A. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and subject to paragraphs 1B and 1C, regulations 1, 2 and 9 and (insofar as they relate to approvals granted under regulation 9) regulations 13(2) and (5) to (8), 14, 17 and 20 to 27 shall apply to a relevant plant protection product.
1B. Regulation 9 shall not apply to a relevant plant protection product to which any of the exemptions provided in regulation 3(2)(a) to (c) and (e) to (i) of the 1987 Regulations applies.
1C. Notwithstanding regulation 27(2), a pesticide approval in respect of a relevant plant protection product given in the form of an experimental permit under regulation 5(2)(a) of the 1987 Regulations which was in force on 23rd December 1997 shall continue to be subject to the 1987 Regulations and shall continue in force until the date of such expiry of approval or earlier revocation under those Regulations.”.