Article 4 First-stage application
(1)
Schedule 2 shall apply in relation to first-stage applications and determinations of entitlement.
(2)
No person may make a first-stage application—
(a)
while he continues to keep mink for one or more of the relevant purposes;
(b)
subject to article 11, more than three months after the later of—
(i)
the date on which this Order comes into force; or
(ii)
the date on which he ceased to keep mink for any of the relevant purposes; or
(c)
subject to article 12, if he has made a first-stage application on a previous occasion.