Regulation 4

In regulation 6(2) of the Principal Regulations (non-invited applications), for sub-paragraphs (a)-(c), there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs—

“(a)

every part of the area to which the application relates was comprised in a production licence (in this paragraph referred to as “the revoked licence”) which has been revoked either in whole or in relation to the area to which the application relates;

(b)

at the time the revoked licence was revoked, it was held by two or more persons; and

(c)

the application is made by one of those persons, or by a group including at least one of those persons.”