7Existing designated agencies arranging supported or statutory out-of-home care

7 Existing designated agencies arranging supported or statutory out-of-home care

7 Existing designated agencies arranging supported or statutory out-of-home care

(1) This clause applies to a designated agency within the meaning of repealed section 139 of the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 that, immediately before the commencement—

(a) arranged the provision of supported out-of-home care or statutory out-of-home care, and

(b) was accredited under that Act.

(2) The designated agency is, on the commencement, taken to be a designated agency under the Children’s Guardian Act 2019, for the period approved and subject to conditions and requirements imposed under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and the regulations under that Act.

(3) An application for accreditation as a designated agency made under the Children and Young Persons (Care and Protection) Act 1998 and the regulations under that Act but not decided before the commencement, is, on the commencement—

(a) taken to be an application for accreditation as a designated agency under the Children’s Guardian Act 2019, and

(b) to be determined in accordance with the Children’s Guardian Act 2019.