51. (1) Section 5 of the Act of 2016 is amended—

(a) in subsection (4) by deleting “with the application concerned” and substituting “with the request concerned”, and

(b) in subsection (8), by—

(i) substituting “, student accommodation units or shared accommodation units” for “or student accommodation units, or both, as appropriate,”, and

(ii) substituting “gross floor spaces” for “internal floor spaces”.

(2) This section comes into operation upon the passing of this Act.