963Transitional—non‑QPS permits

#### 963 Transitional—non‑QPS permits (1) The amendments made by Schedule 1 to the amending Regulations apply in relation to applications for non‑QPS permits made on or after the commencement day, subject to this regulation. (2) For the purposes of the Minister’s consideration of the grant to a person of a non‑QPS permit to use methyl bromide for non‑QPS uses for the calendar year 2019 or 2020: (a) if, before the commencement day, the person had made a written request to the Minister to be shown on the Non‑QPS Exemption List for that calendar year as an exempt person in relation to non‑QPS applications corresponding to those non‑QPS uses—the person is taken to have made an application for a permit for the calendar year in accordance with regulation 234; and (b) in any case—subregulation 235(2) applies as if a reference to the Minister’s consultation with the parties to the Montreal Protocol, and receipt of advice as a result of such consultation, included a reference to any such consultation that occurred, and to any such advice received, before, on or after the commencement day in relation to the person’s use of methyl bromide for those non‑QPS uses (or non‑QPS applications corresponding to those uses).