8.—(1) Paragraph (2) applies to the following acts—
(a)bringing proceedings under a previous enactment;
(b)giving evidence or information in connection with proceedings under a previous enactment;
(c)doing any other thing for the purposes of or in connection with a previous enactment;
(d)making an allegation (whether or not express) that another person has contravened a previous enactment.
(2) Section 27 of the 2010 Act (victimisation) applies in relation to an act to which this paragraph applies, and for that purpose the references in that section to “this Act” are to be read as references to the relevant previous enactment.