Sch 3 Pt 1 para 9 Scientific procedure establishments
(1) An application for a certificate under section 6 which is made but not determined before these Regulations come fully into force may be treated by the Secretary of State as an application for a section 2C licence; and any proceedings under section 12 which are underway in relation to such an application when these Regulations come fully into force may be continued accordingly. (2) Any enactment or instrument passed or made before these Regulations come fully into force has effect, so far as is necessary or appropriate in consequence of these Regulations, as if— (a) references to a certificate issued by the Secretary of State under section 6 were to a section 2C licence authorising the holder to carry on an undertaking involving the activity mentioned in section 2B(2)(a), and (b) references to a designated scientific procedure establishment were to a place specified in such a licence.