(1) This section applies if:
(a) before the commencement time, a person made an application for a special circumstances exemption under Subdivision 6A.4.6; and
(b) immediately before that time, the relevant authority has not made a decision on the application.
(2) Both of the following apply in relation to the application:
(a) the application is taken, immediately after the commencement time, to be an application made under Subdivision 6A.4.6 as amended by Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the amending regulations;
(b) after that time, the application may be dealt with, or may continue to be dealt with, under that Subdivision as so amended.