Regulation 7 Amendment of Regulations

For paragraph 5 (duration and extension of relevant right) there shall be substituted—

“Extensions

5.

(1)

Subject to sub-paragraph (3) the Secretary of State may extend on one or more occasions the relevant period.

(2)

Any such extension shall be for a period of 12 months, 24 months or 36 months beginning on the day after that on which the relevant period would end in the absence of any extension of that period.

(3)

No extension of the relevant period shall be granted unless—

(a)

the purchaser applies for the extension in the period commencing 28 days before the date on which the relevant period would end in the absence of any extension of that period;

(b)

the fee referred to in paragraph 7, as appropriate to that application, is paid; and

(c)

where the certificate of entitlement does not accompany the application, the purchaser undertakes to destroy that certificate.”.