12‑5 Persons permitted before commenceme12‑5 Persons permitted before commencement time to possess an official mark

12‑5 Persons permitted before commencement time to possess an official mark

Persons in possession of official mark in accordance with direction of authorised officer (1) Subsection (2) applies if, immediately before the commencement time, a direction was in force under paragraph 13.18(3)(c) of the old Export Control (General) Order permitting a person to possess an official mark for prescribed plants or plant products (other than an official mark that had been applied to goods). (2) The direction continues in force after the commencement time as if it were a direction of an authorised officer under paragraph 8‑23(d) of this instrument permitting the person to possess an official mark for prescribed plants or plant products (other than an official mark that has been applied to goods). Persons approved by the Secretary to possess official mark (3) Subsection (4) applies in relation to a person who, immediately before the commencement time, was approved by the Secretary under paragraph 13.18(3)(e) of the old Export Control (General) Order as a person who may possess an official mark (other than an official mark that has been applied to goods) in a specified registered establishment in relation to prescribed plants or plant products. (4) The person is taken, at the commencement time, to have been given a written approval by the Secretary under paragraph 8‑23(e) of this instrument to possess the official mark at the registered establishment in relation to prescribed plants or plant products.