25. —(1) The Customs-free Airport Act 1947 is amended, on the Dublin appointed day, in section 2, by substituting for subsection (3) (inserted by section 60(a) of the Act of 1998) the following:

“(3) For the purposes of this Act, the airport shall comprise land at Shannon which for the time being belongs to the State and Dublin Airport Authority, public limited company or Shannon Airport Authority, public limited company with effect from the Shannon appointed day (within the meaning of the State Airports Act 2004).”.

(2) Subject to subsection (3), sections 2 to 8 of the Customs-free Airport (Amendment) Act 1958 are repealed.

(3) Any licence granted under section 2 of the Customs-free Airport (Amendment) Act 1958, which is in force immediately before the Dublin appointed day, continues in force, subject to its conditions, until 31 December 2005, and, accordingly, sections 2, 5, 6 and 7 continue to apply to the licence until it ceases to be in force.