(1) This section applies to an application for the renewal of a licence at the level of building certifier–level 3 made under section 167 if the application—(a) was made before the commencement; and(b) when the application was made, the individual making the application—(i) did not comply with the requirements of previous section 155(1)(b)(ii) or (iii); but(ii) would have complied with the requirements of section 155 as in force immediately after the commencement.
(2) The application is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as if section 155, as in force immediately after the commencement, had been in force on the day the application was made.