26Pending applications for renewal to be treated as variation applications under new law

26 Pending applications for renewal to be treated as variation applications under new law

(1) This section applies in relation to an application, if: (a) the application is for renewal of a commercial evaluation permit relating to an industrial chemical under subsection 21B(2) of the old law; and (b) the application is pending immediately before 1 July 2020. (2) For the purposes of the new law: (a) the application has effect, on and after 1 July 2020, as if it were an application to vary a term of a commercial evaluation authorisation under section 62 of the new law; and (b) if a decision is not made on the application before the end of the remaining period for which the commercial evaluation permit would have been in force under section 21K of the old law—the period for which the authorisation is in force under the new law is taken to continue until a decision is made on the application.

Note: Commercial evaluation permits that were in force under the old law immediately before 1 July 2020 are taken to be commercial evaluation authorisations under the new law: see item 17 of Schedule 2 to the transitional Act.