Any consent given by a police authority or chief constable of a police force under regulation 8(1) of the 2004 Regulations before 1st April 2013 is, on and after that date, to be regarded as if it had been given by the Authority or the chief constable respectively under regulation 5(1) of these Regulations.

Any written notice given to a police authority or chief constable of a police force under regulation 8 of the 2004 Regulations before 1st April 2013 is to be regarded, on and after that date, as if it had been given to the Authority or the chief constable respectively under regulation 5 of these Regulations.

Regulation 5(1) of these Regulations does not apply in respect of a business interest within the meaning of regulation 5(6)(c) or (d) of these Regulations which was, immediately before 1st April 2013, not regarded as being a business interest under regulation 8(5)(c) or (d) of the 2004 Regulations but which on that date is regarded as being a business interest under regulation 5(6)(c) or (d) of these Regulations only by virtue of the location of that business interest.

In relation to a constable appointed before 1st April 2013, any consent by the Authority or notice by that constable to the Authority given before that date in respect of any business interest of that constable is to be regarded, on and after that date, as if it had been consented to or notified in accordance with regulation 5 of these Regulations.