8.—(1) This article applies where before the appointed day a public gas supplier has given an approval under paragraph 6(3)(a) or (b) of Schedule 5 to the 1986 Act (installation of meters in new premises).
(2) Any such approval shall on and after the appointed day have effect as if it had been given by the public gas supplier’s transport successor under paragraph 5(3)(a) or (b) (as the case may be) of Schedule 2B to the 1986 Act.