(1) This section applies if, before the commencement day—
(a) an application was made to the registrar of liquor licences under the Liquor Act 1975 section 94 (Application for alteration) or section 99 (Application for closure); and
(b) the registrar had not decided the application.
(2) The application is taken on and after the commencement day to be an application to the commissioner for fair trading.