(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.