7. Before 1 August 1994, a natural person applying for a certificate or a natural person acting as the representative of a partnership or legal person applying for a certificate shall not benefit from the exemptions provided for in sections 5 and 6 where the permit or registration certificate of that natural person or of the partnership or legal person for which he acts as representative has been revoked or has not been renewed because that natural person no longer has the competence or sufficient knowledge required under subparagraphs c and d of the first paragraph of section 2 of the Regulation respecting the application of the Real Estate Brokerage Act (chapter C-73, r. 1), or where the natural person has ceased to act as the representative of a partnership or legal person for the same reasons.