118Transitional provisions—new pest control licences in the transition period

118 Transitional provisions—new pest control licences in the transition period (1) This regulation applies to a person who immediately before the commencement day held a pest control licence that was granted on the basis that the person was qualified under regulation 67 of the Public Health and Wellbeing Regulations 2009[[2]](#endnote-3) to apply for the licence. (2) Despite regulation 87(1), the person— (a) may, during the transition period, continue to hold the licence; and (b) is qualified, during the transition period, to be granted a renewal of the licence if at the time of the application for renewal the person had been employed in the pest control industry for at least a total period of 2 years in the 5 year period before the application.