Personal licences renewal arrangements - progress?

The regulations for the interim personal licences renewal arrangements were laid in Parliament yesterday.  Subject to them being approved by Parliament, they will come into force on 5 January 2015, which means that the new application form for renewal (which appears as a schedule to the regulations) can be used from 5 January.

These regulations are required because, as previously reported ('Personal Licence Renewals - Latest Update'), the required legislation to remove the requirement to renew personal licences at the end of the ten year period is currently ‘stalled’ in Parliament. Many licences for due for renewal in 2015.

The new renewal form can be found here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3284/schedule/made