12‑3 Application for inspection services12‑3 Application for inspection services not decided, or notice of decision not given, before commencement time

#### 12‑3 Application for inspection services not decided, or notice of decision not given, before commencement time (1) This section applies in relation to an application for inspection services for a registered establishment that had been made under paragraph 1.1(b) of Schedule 10 to the old Export Control (Meat) Orders if: (a) no decision on the application had been made before the commencement time; or (b) a decision on the application had been made before the commencement time but written notice of the decision had not been given to the applicant before that time. Decision not made before commencement time (2) If no decision on the application had been made before the commencement time: (a) the application is taken after the commencement time to be an application made under section 4‑22 of this instrument for a preliminary allocation of meat inspection services to the registered establishment; and (b) subsections 4‑22(2) and (3) do not apply in relation to the application. Decision made before commencement time but notice not given before that time (3) If a decision on the application had been made before the commencement time but written notice of the decision had not been given to the applicant before that time: (a) the decision is taken after the commencement time to be a determination of the preliminary allocation of meat inspection services to the establishment under subsection 4‑23(1) of this instrument; and (b) the Secretary must, as soon as practicable after the commencement time, give the applicant written notice in accordance with section 4‑24 of this instrument. > Note: For the procedure following notice of preliminary allocation, see section 4‑25 of this instrument.