Savings during the transition period6.

(1)

During the transition period a CSA provider’s registration under the 2000 Act will continue and, notwithstanding any consequential amendments to the 2000 Act made by Part 1 of Schedule 3 to the Act which would otherwise exclude their application, the Part 2 provisions will continue to to apply to—

(a)

a CSA provider,

(b)

the Welsh Ministers,

(c)

the First-tier Tribunal,

(d)

a Magistrates’ Court,

as if those consequential amendments had not been made.

(2)

Section 16 of the Interpretation Act 19783 (general savings) applies in respect of the disapplication of the provisions of the 2000 Act to relevant establishments or agencies as it would if Part 2 of the 2000 Act were repealed.

(3)

Where a CSA provider’s registration is subject to conditions immediately before the principal appointed day, those conditions will apply to the registration during the transition period.

(4)

The Part 2 provisions are—

(a)

sections 14, 14A, 15, 17(4) to (6), 18, 19(3) to (6), 20A, 20B, 21, 22B, 23(1), 23(4), 24, 24A, 25(2), 26, 28, 29, 30, 30A, 31, 32, 36, 37 of the 2000 Act;

(b)

such of the following regulations as apply to the establishment or agency in respect of which the CSA provider’s registration is maintained—

(i)

the Care Homes (Wales) Regulations 20024,

(ii)

the Children’s Homes (Wales) Regulations 20025,

(iii)

the Registration of Social Care and Independent Health Care (Wales) Regulations 20026,

(iv)

the Residential Family Centres (Wales) Regulations 20037,

(v)

the Domiciliary Care Agencies (Wales) Regulations 20048,

(vi)

regulation 9(1) and regulation 12 of the Children (Secure Accommodation) (Wales) Regulations 20159,

(vii)

the Care Standards Act 2000 (Notification) (Wales) Regulations 201110;

(c)

such of the National Minimum Standards made pursuant to section 23(1) of the 2000 Act as apply to the establishment or agency in question.

(5)

Reference to the regulations in paragraph (4)(b) is to the regulations as amended immediately before the principal appointed day11.