(1) This section applies to an approval (however described) if the approval—
(a) was given under a law regulating the transport of dangerous goods by road; and
(b) was in force in the ACT immediately before the commencement of the Act; and
(c) is an approval of something that may be approved under a provision (the relevant provision ) of any of the following:
(i) section 28 (Approvals—tests and training courses for drivers);
(ii) part 5.2 (Suitability and design of packaging);
(iii) section 117 (Approvals—segregation devices);
(iv) section 118 (Approvals—methods of segregation);
(v) section 141 (Approval—emergency information).
(2) The approval has effect for this regulation as if it were an approval given by the competent authority under the relevant provision.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the competent authority may record the approval in the register of approvals kept under section 183.