After section 137--
insert--
'(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a person has applied for, or for renewal of, a licence under section 54 or 65 and the application has not been decided.
'(2) Sections 54 and 65 as in force immediately before the commencement continue to apply to the application.
'(3) In this section--
commencement means the day this section commences.'.