Regulation 13 Transitional provisions for release
Where the Secretary of State has received an application for consent to release genetically modified organisms before 17 October 2002 pursuant to the 1992 Regulations and has not yet determined the application—
the application shall be subject to the provisions of these Regulations,
the applicant shall submit to the Secretary of State such further information, additional to that already provided in connection with the application, as is necessary in order to comply with the requirements of these Regulations by 17 January 2003,
the application shall be treated as having been sent to the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulations 12(1) and (4) and as having been received by the Secretary of State for the purpose of regulation 20 on submission of the information required by paragraph (b), and
if the information required by paragraph (b) has not been submitted by 17 January 2003, the Secretary of State may refuse to proceed with the application.