7.—(1) The amendments made to the principal regulations by regulations 3(a), 4(b) and 6 do not apply in relation to any pay reference period beginning before 1st October 2004.
(2) The disqualification of a person from entitlement to the national minimum wage effected by paragraph (4A) of regulation 12 of the principal regulations (inserted into regulation 12 by regulation 3(c) of these Regulations) does not apply in relation to any person who began his participation in the scheme provided to him under the Government arrangements referred to in that paragraph before these Regulations came into force.
(3) Notwithstanding the omission of the words in regulation 38(3) of the principal regulations contained in regulation 6(a), the duty of the employer to keep records imposed by virtue of the omitted words shall continue for the period of three years referred to in regulation 38(7).