(1) The grant or purported grant of a CDS approval before the commencement day is declared to be, and to always have been, a valid exercise of power by the CEO.
(2) The validity of the grant or purported grant is not affected merely because a waste management arrangement to which the CDS approval relates may not have been completely effective for the purposes of the former Act.
(3) If a CDS approval that was the subject of a grant or purported grant mentioned in subsection (1) is no longer in force immediately before the commencement day, it is declared that the approval was valid and had effect under the former Act in accordance with the conditions to which the approval was subject.
(4) If a CDS approval that was the subject of a grant or purported grant mentioned in subsection (1) is in force immediately before the commencement day, it is declared that the approval is, and always has been, a validated approval (an existing validated approval ).