Child minders
26.—(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies where, immediately before the commencement of Part XI, any premises are registered under section 11 of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 (registration of premises of child minders).
(2) During the transitional period, the provisions of that Act shall continue to have effect with respect to those premises to the exclusion of Part XI.
(3) Nothing in sub-paragraph (2) shall prevent an authority from registering any person under Part XI with respect to the premises.
(4) In this paragraph “the transitional period” means the period ending with—
(a)the first anniversary of the commencement of Part XI; or
(b)if earlier, the date on which an authority registers any person under Part XI with respect to the premises.