(1) This regulation applies if, immediately before the commencement time:
(a) a limited category certificate for an aircraft was in force or under suspension; and
(b) a permit index assigned to the aircraft under regulation 262AM of CAR by CASA or the Australian Warbirds Association Limited was in force.
(2) The permit index is taken to be the permit index number for the aircraft.
(3) The permit index number is taken to have been assigned to the aircraft under subregulation 21.176(5).