(1) This section applies to an application for the renewal of a pool safety inspector’s licence made under section 246BN if the application—(a) was made before the commencement; and(b) when the application was made, the pool safety inspector who made the application did not comply with the requirements of previous section 246BN(2)(b).
(2) The application is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as if section 246BN, as in force immediately after the commencement, had been in force on the day the application was made.