8. (1) If, before the commencement date, the Minister had given the Energy and Water Charges Commission a reference under regulation 10 of the repealed regulations, but that Commission had not started to conduct an investigation pursuant to that reference, the new Commission may conduct an investigation under the new Act under the authority of that reference as if the reference had been made under section 15 of the new Act.
(2) The new Act applies in relation to a reference referred to in subsection (1) as if it were a reference under section 15 of the new Act.