7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a person who is registered as a child minder for children under the age of eight is to be treated on and after the transfer date as having applied for and been granted registration to look after children under the age of twelve.
(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in respect of a person who, before the transfer date, communicated to the Welsh Ministers a request to cancel their registration as a child minder under Part 2 of the Measure.