Article 6 - Mandatory registration � other provisions

1) Where the Person has failed to make an application to the Authority as prescribed in these Regulations, the Authority may register such Person without submitting any application and such registration shall take effect from the relevant date prescribed under articles three and four of these Regulations.

2) Notwithstanding the other provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may agree to a request from the Person for the registration to take effect from a later date, up to the start of the month following the date of the application made by the Person.

3)Notwithstanding the other provisions of these Regulations, the Authority may agree to a request from the Person for the registration to take effect from any earlier date, provided the Person was eligible to be registered on that earlier date.

4) Transitional provisions in Chapter twelve of these Regulations concerning Persons who are obliged to register before the Law takes effect shall take precedence over any provisions concerning Mandatory Registration Threshold. Transitional provisions in Chapter twelve of these Regulations concerning Persons who are obliged to register shall be applicable until the Law becomes effective.