99Savings and transitional

99 Savings and transitional

(1)  In this regulation –

commencement day means the day on which these regulations take effect;

superseded regulations means –

(a) the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010 ; and

(b) the Wildlife (Exhibited Animals) Regulations 2010 .

(2)  A licence or permit that was, immediately before the commencement day, in force under the superseded regulations is taken to be a licence or permit of the type of licence or permit under these regulations that most closely approximates the type of licence or permit under the superseded regulations.

(3)  Regulation 33 of the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010 continues to apply, after the commencement day, to a commercial wallaby licence or a wallaby licence to which subregulation (2) applies, as if the requirements of Regulation 33 of the Wildlife (General) Regulations 2010 were a condition of the licence.

(4)  An application made to the Secretary under the superseded regulations that is not determined or withdrawn before the commencement day is taken, on and after the commencement day, to be an application made under these regulations in respect of the type of licence or permit that most closely approximates the type of licence under the superseded regulations to which the application related.

(5)  For an application made to the Secretary in the circumstances described in subregulation (4) , a decision made in respect of that application is taken to be a decision made under these regulations.

(6)  An authority or permission given by the Secretary under the superseded regulations and in force before the commencement day is taken to be an authorisation of the Secretary under regulation 96 .