112.The Government may, not later than 31 December 1996, make a regulation under section 78 or section 113 even if the regulation has not been published as required by section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1). Such a regulation shall come into force, notwithstanding section 17 of that Act, on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or on any later date fixed in the regulation. Such a regulation may, if it so provides, apply to any class of eligible persons it determines and from any date not prior to 20 June 1996.