5.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where a person is disqualified under regulation 4(1)(a) he may, after the second anniversary of the day on which he was dismissed, apply in writing to the Secretary of State to remove the disqualification.
(2) Where the Secretary of State refuses an application to remove a disqualification, no further application may be made by that person until the second anniversary of the day of the refusal and this paragraph shall apply to any subsequent application.
(3) Where a person is disqualified under regulation 4(1)(b) the disqualification shall cease on the second anniversary of the termination of his tenure of office, or such longer period as may be specified on the termination, but the Secretary of State may, on application being made to him by that person, reduce the period of disqualification.