4.—(1) For the purposes of section 40A of the 2005 Act (as inserted by section 184(2) of the Act) a premises licence holder who is an interested party in relation to licensed premises on 1st November 2011 is to be treated as having become an interested party on that date.
(2) Notwithstanding the commencement of section 184 of the Act, where a premises licence holder becomes or ceases to be an interested party in relation to the licensed premises on or after 1st November 2011 but before 1st April 2012 then notice of that fact must be given by the premises licence holder to the Licensing Board no later than 1st May 2012.