7. In the Adoption Support Services Regulations 2005(1) after regulation 24(3) (transitional provision) insert—
“(4) This paragraph applies where a person carrying on an adoption support agency has applied to the registration authority to be registered in respect of it under Part 2 of the Care Standards Act 2000(2) before 30th December 2005 and the application has not yet been determined.
(5) Where paragraph (4) applies, the adoption support agency shall be treated as if it were a registered adoption support agency for the purposes of regulation 5 until it is notified whether its application has been finally determined.”.
S.I. 2005/691.