15Applications for approval in principle of nursing homes

#### 15 Applications for approval in principle of nursing homes (1) If: (a) a person had, before the commencement day, applied under subsection 39A(2) or (3) of the 1953 Act for a certificate under that section in relation to premises; and (b) as at the commencement day, the Minister had not yet made a decision on the application; the application is taken, for the purposes of the new Act, to be an application made, on the commencement day, under section 13-1 of the new Act for an allocation of \*places in respect of \*residential care subsidy. (2) For the purposes of the new Act, the application is taken to be a valid application that meets all the requirements of section 13-1 of the new Act.