(1) If before commencement a UK firm gave notice under paragraph 5(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the 2BCD Regulations or paragraph 6(1)(a) of Schedule 6 to the ISD Regulations (changes to details of branch) -
(a) the notice is to be treated as given under regulation 11(2)(a), and
(b) any notice given under paragraph 5(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the 2BCD Regulations or paragraph 6(1)(b) of Schedule 6 to the ISD Regulations is to be treated as given under regulation 11(2)(b),
unless paragraph (2) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies if, before commencement, either -
(a) all the requirements set out in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 6 to the 2BCD Regulations or paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 6 to the ISD Regulations had been satisfied, or
(b) in response to the notice a notice of refusal was given to the firm under paragraph 6(5)(b) of Schedule 6 to the 2BCD Regulations or paragraph 7(5)(b) of Schedule 6 to the ISD Regulations, and the refusal was not at commencement capable of being reversed on an appeal, r
…