Transitional provisions
18—(1) The provisions of regulation 7 shall not apply to the occupier of a licensed factory or a licensed magazine for a period of one ye ar after the date of coming into force of these Regulations and, for the same period, regulation 8 shall have effect as if the occupier of a licensed factory or licensed magazine was added to the list of persons in that regulation, provided, in each case, that such licensed factory or licensed magazine is in existence at that date.
(2) Where, immediately before the coming into force of these Regulations, a certificate or license was in force under any provision revoked by these Regulations, that certificate or license shall continue in force until its expiry date or earlier revocation and nothing in regulation 7, 8 or 10 shall prevent a person from doing anything permitted by it.