334Application for highest rating level made before commencement day

334 Application for highest rating level made before commencement day (1) This section applies if before the commencement day— (a) an approved provider had applied for an education and care service to be assessed for the highest rating level under section 152; and (b) the application had not been determined. (2) Despite its substitution by the 2017 Act, section 152(5), as in force immediately before the commencement day, continues to apply in respect of the application. (3) Section 153(2) applies for the purposes of the assessment of the approved education and care service, as if a reference— (a) to the criteria published under subsection (1) were a reference to the criteria published under subsection (1) immediately before the commencement day; and (b) to the National Quality Standard and the national regulations were a reference to the National Quality Standard and the national regulations as in force immediately before the commencement day. Sch. s. 335 inserted by No. 9/2017 s. 68.