Article 2 Appointed Day

(1)

This article is subject to article 4.

(2)

The provisions of the Act listed in the Schedule, so far as not already in force and so far as they apply for the purposes set out in paragraph (3), shall come into force on 31^st July 2006.

(3)

The purposes mentioned in paragraph (2) are—

(a)

to enable the Authority to grant or refuse licences;

(b)

to require that applications for licences are accompanied by such fee as the Authority may determine in accordance with paragraph 13(2) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(c)

to enable the Authority to impose conditions on licences;

(d)

to enable the Authority to vary, revoke or suspend licences;

(e)

to enable the Authority to give directions under sections 23 and 24 of the Act and under paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(f)

to require the Authority to give notice of its decision in accordance with paragraphs 10 and 11 of Schedule 3 to the Act;

(g)

to enable a person to whom a notice is given in accordance with paragraph 10 of Schedule 3 to the Act to require the Authority to give him an opportunity to make representations in accordance with that paragraph;

(h)

to enable applicants to require the Authority to reconsider decisions to revoke or vary licences;

(i)

to enable the Authority to reconsider decisions to revoke or vary licences;

(j)

to enable persons aggrieved by a decision on reconsideration to appeal on a point of law to the High Court.