11.— Section 23 of the Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the deletion of “in the prescribed manner”,

(b) by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following:

“(2) An application for the renewal of a licence shall be made in accordance with procedures specified by the Authority.”,

and

(c) by the insertion, after subsection (3), of the following subsection:

“(3A) Where—

(a) subsection (3) applies,

(b) the applicant has complied with the procedures specified pursuant to subsection (2), and

(c) a licence is renewed by the Authority,

the licence so renewed shall expire on the day on which it would have expired if it had been renewed with effect from the day next following the day on which the licence would have expired but for the operation of subsection (3).”.