Schedule 22, paragraph 29(11)

In section 36 (provisions supplementary to sections 34 and 35)— in subsection (1), after the word “shall” there shall be inserted the words “ , subject to subsections (2A) and (2B) below, ”; after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsections— A person who proposes to make, or has made, an application to SEPA for consent in pursuance of section 34 of this Act may apply to the Secretary of State within a prescribed period for a certificate providing that subsection (1) above shall not apply to that application. If the Secretary of State is satisfied that— it would be contrary to the interests of national security; or it would prejudice to an unreasonable degree the commercial interests of any person, not to issue a certificate applied for under subsection (2A) above, he may issue the certificate and, if he does so, subsection (1) above shall not apply to the application specified in the certificate. in subsection (6), for the word “three” there shall be substituted the word “ four ”.

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