Transitional Provisions
35.—(1) This Regulation applies to adoption support agencies who by virtue of the provisions of the 2000 Act and these Regulations are required to be registered under the Act but who immediately before 30 December 2005 were not required to be so registered.
(2) Notwithstanding any such provision an adoption support agency which immediately before 30 December 2005 was carrying on or managing an agency may continue to carry on or manage the agency without being registered under the 2000 Act —
(a)during the period of 3 months beginning with that date; and
(b)if within that period application is made for registration, until that application is finally disposed of or withdrawn.
(3) In this regulation 'finally disposed of' means the date 20 working days following the grant or refusal of registration and, if an appeal is made, the date when the appeal is finally determined or abandoned.