Notice period in relation to a registration after a franchising scheme is in operation

8.—(1) Where an application for registration—

(a) is one to which regulation 7(3) relates,

(b) is not one in respect of a service in relation to which registration restrictions have effect, and

(c) is received by a traffic commissioner before the cut-off date,

the period of notice referred to in section 6(2)(b) of the 1985 Act, when that section applies by virtue of an area ceasing to be a franchising scheme area, expires on the latest date, and paragraphs (2) and (3) have effect.

(2) Section 6(3) of the 1985 Act is omitted.

(3) Regulations 5(1) and 7(1)(a) of the 1986 Regulations do not apply.