16.—(1) A certificate of competency in radio-communications issued under the revoked Radio-communication (Certificates of Competency for Ship Station Operators) Regulations (Rg 2, 1999 Ed.) shall be deemed to be a certificate of competency issued under these Regulations.
(2) Notwithstanding regulation 16 and subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a Certificate of Competency in radio-communications, radiography or radiotelephony issued under the revoked Radio-communication (Certificates of Competency for Ship Station Operators) Regulations (Rg 2, 1996 Ed.) shall entitle the holder thereof to perform all the acts for which he was authorised under the Certificate to perform as if these Regulations had not been enacted.
(3) The Authority may, by notice in writing to the holder of any certificate referred to in paragraph (2), cancel or revoke the certificate.
(4) Any certificate referred to in paragraph (2) shall not be valid after 1st February 2002.