For the period 12th January to 31st March 2009, the reference in section 11 of the Act (applications for registration as a service provider) to a person seeking to be registered as a service provider shall be interpreted as a reference to a person who intends to be carrying on, on or after 1st April 2009, an activity which the person reasonably expects to be prescribed as a regulated activity under section 8 of the Act from 1st April 2009.