22EInterim authorisation as authorised carer for holder of fostering authority

#### 22E Interim authorisation as authorised carer for holder of fostering authority 22E Interim authorisation as authorised carer for holder of fostering authority > > (1) This clause applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this clause, held a fostering authority under section 43 of the old Act. > > > (2) A person to whom this clause applies is taken to be an authorised carer authorised by a designated agency under section 137 (1) (b) of the new Act. > > > (3) However, if the fostering authority held by the person specified the child or young person to whom it applied, the person is taken to be an authorised carer only in relation to that child or young person, and the person ceases to be an authorised carer in relation to that child or young person: > > > > > (a) when the child or young person leaves the care of that person, or > > > > > (b) 2 years after the commencement of this clause, or > > > > > (c) when the child or young person reaches 18 years of age, > > > > whichever is the sooner. > > > (4) The Department is taken to be the designated agency that authorised the person as an authorised carer. > > **cll 22D–22H:** Ins 2003 (468), Sch 1 \[2\].