8.12.The first regulation under each of sections 8.3, 8.7 and 8.11 is not subject to the publication requirement set out in section 8 of the Regulations Act (chapter R-18.1). Despite section 17 of that Act, any regulation under this division comes into force on the date of its publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec or any later date set in the regulation and may apply, after publication and if the regulation so provides, from a date not prior to the date of coming into force of the special plan or, in the case of a regulation under section 8.11, not prior to the date on which the special plan ceases to have effect.