76Suspensions of exempt bed status

76 Suspensions of exempt bed status

(1) If: (a) immediately before the commencement day, a suspension under paragraph 45E(4A)(a) of the 1953 Act was in force; and (b) the suspension was a suspension of exempt bed status in respect of beds in an approved nursing home; for the purposes of the new Act, the suspension is taken to be a sanction that: (c) is imposed, under paragraph 66‑1(g) of the new Act, on the commencement day; and (d) constitutes a suspension: (i) if the suspension was a suspension of exempt bed status in respect of all of the beds in the nursing home—of the *extra service status of the *residential care service that corresponds to the nursing home; or (ii) if the suspension was a suspension of exempt bed status in respect of some only of the beds in the nursing home—of the extra service status of a *distinct part of the residential care service that includes the *places corresponding to those beds. (2) The sanction period for that sanction under section 68-2 of the new Act: (a) begins on the commencement day; and (b) ends on the day the Secretary lifts the sanction under section 68-3 of the new Act.