22Approvals in principle of transfers

#### 22 Approvals in principle of transfers (1) If: (a) a certificate under section 39B of the 1953 Act was in force in relation to premises immediately before the commencement day; and (b) on the commencement day, an allocation of \*places is taken to have been made, under section 16 of this Act, in respect of a certificate under section 39A of the 1953 Act relating to those premises; the Secretary is taken, on the commencement day, to have approved a variation, under section 15-5 of the new Act, to the conditions to which the allocation of places is subject. (2) If: (a) a certificate under section 39B of the 1953 Act was in force in relation to premises immediately before the commencement day; and (b) on the commencement day, an allocation of \*places is taken to have been made, under section 20 of this Act, in respect of an approval under section 40AA of the 1953 Act relating to those premises; the Secretary is taken, on the commencement day, to have approved a variation, under section 17-1 of the new Act, to the conditions to which the allocation of places is subject. (3) The variation that, under this section, is taken to have been approved is a variation to the effect that the location in respect of which the \*places are allocated is the location of the different premises specified in the certificate under section 39B of the 1953 Act.