63   Authorisations for purposes of section 679

Any person authorised before the appointed day by a council for the purposes of section 679 of the unamended LG Act 1993 in relation to offences under section 654 or 657 (c) of that Act (as referred to in the definition of authorised person in the Dictionary to that Act) is taken to be authorised for the purposes of section 127A of the amended EP&A Act 1979 in relation to offences under clause 80GG or 80GJ (c) of the amended EP&A Regulation 1994 (as referred to in the definition of authorised person in section 127A (9) of the amended EP&A Act 1979).