2. For the purposes of the proviso to sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 71 of the British Wool Marketing Scheme, 1950 (which provides that the Board shall give due consideration to any application by registered producers (made upon such notice as the Board may require) as to the persons to whom or the places to which the wool is to be delivered), the British Wool Marketing Board (hereinafter called the Board) shall require any such application to be made before the end of October in any calendar year and to relate to the delivery of wool on and after the first day of May in the calendar year next following that in which it is made.