Section 16 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting in subsection (6) "specified in the licence" after "period" ;

(b) by omitting from subsection (6) "12" and substituting "24" ;

(c) by omitting from subsection (6) "granted, but may be renewed annually, on the application of the holder of the licence." and substituting "granted." ;

(d) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (6) :

(7)  If a licence under this section was in force immediately before the commencement of the Poisons (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2017 , that licence continues in force for a period of 24 months, unless sooner cancelled, from the date on which it was granted.