sec.285Existing kinship carer certificates

### sec.285 Existing kinship carer certificates This section applies in relation to a kinship carer certificate in force immediately before the commencement. From the commencement, former schedule 3, definition kin continues to apply in relation to the certificate as if the Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 had not commenced. Subsection  (4) to (6) apply if the holder of the kinship carer certificate makes an application, under section 133, for a foster carer certificate. The kinship carer certificate is taken to continue in force— from the day that it would, apart from this section, have ended; and until the application is decided or withdrawn. However, if the application is refused, the kinship carer certificate continues in force until notice for the decision is given to the holder under section 136. Subsection (4) does not apply if the kinship carer certificate is earlier suspended or cancelled. s 285 ins 2022 No. 7 s 65 (sec.285-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a kinship carer certificate in force immediately before the commencement. (sec.285-ssec.2) From the commencement, former schedule 3, definition kin continues to apply in relation to the certificate as if the Child Protection Reform and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 had not commenced. (sec.285-ssec.3) Subsection  (4) to (6) apply if the holder of the kinship carer certificate makes an application, under section 133, for a foster carer certificate. (sec.285-ssec.4) The kinship carer certificate is taken to continue in force— from the day that it would, apart from this section, have ended; and until the application is decided or withdrawn. (sec.285-ssec.5) However, if the application is refused, the kinship carer certificate continues in force until notice for the decision is given to the holder under section 136. (sec.285-ssec.6) Subsection (4) does not apply if the kinship carer certificate is earlier suspended or cancelled. - (a) from the day that it would, apart from this section, have ended; and - (b) until the application is decided or withdrawn.