8.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this regulation the 2007 Regulations are revoked.
(2) Where an operator of a combustion plant—
(a)has submitted an application for a permit, to which these Regulations would have applied had they been in force, in accordance with Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations; and
(b)the application has not been determined at the date these Regulations come into force,
the application shall be treated as if made under these Regulations, and anything done in relation to the application under the 2007 Regulations is to be treated as done under these Regulations.
(3) Any permit to which these Regulations would have applied had they been in force, which was granted in accordance with Schedule 1 to the Sulphur Content of Liquid Fuels (Scotland) Regulations 2000(1) or Schedule 1 to the 2007 Regulations and which is still subsisting at the date of coming into force of these Regulations shall—
(a)continue to have effect; and
(b)be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as if it was a permit granted in accordance with the Schedule to these Regulations.