1. Every person who, between 14 June 1977 and 12 March 2009, operated a slaughterhouse without a permit is deemed to hold a transitional slaughterhouse permit until the earliest of(1) the date on which the person is issued a transitional slaughterhouse permit;
(2) the date on which the Minister refuses to issue the person a transitional slaughterhouse permit; and
(3) 29 September 2009, if the Minister has not received the person’s application for a transitional slaughterhouse permit by that date.