13Recognition of plant design registration under former regulations

13 Recognition of plant design registration under former regulations

(1)  This regulation applies in relation to the design of an item of plant if –

(a) before the 2012 commencement day, the plant design was registered under regulation 99 of the former regulations; and

(b) immediately before the 2012 commencement day, the registration was in force; and

(c) on the 2012 commencement day, the plant design was required to be registered under Part 5.3 of the Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012.

(2)  The design of an item of plant is taken to be registered under Division 3 of Part 5.3 of the new regulations subject to the same conditions as those which applied, immediately before the 2012 commencement day, to the registration of that plant design under the former regulations.

(3)  The design registration number issued under regulation 99 of the former regulations for a plant design is taken to be the plant design registration number issued under regulation 260 of the new regulations for that design.

(4)  If, before the 2012 commencement day, the Director has given a person written notice advising the person that the person's application to register a plant design under regulation 97 of the former regulations has been granted, that notice is taken to be the registration document issued by the regulator under regulation 261 of the new regulations for that design.