3 Meaning of transition service
1 Subject to paragraph (2) a “transition service” is—
(a) a relevant agency in respect of which a person is registered under Part 2 of the 2000 Act immediately before the appointed day and—
(i) in the case of a voluntary adoption agency or an adoption support agency, the area in which the agency provides adoption services is specified in an application made before the relevant date under section 6 or 11(1)(a)(i) of the Act as a place in relation to which an adoption service is to be provided;
Section 6 of the Act requires a person who wants to provide a regulated service to make an application for registration to the Welsh Ministers.
Section 11(1)(a)(i) of the Act requires a person who is already registered as a provider of a regulated service, within the meaning of the Act, to apply to the Welsh Ministers for the variation of that provider’s registration if the provider wants to provide a regulated service which the provider is not already registered to provide. In the case of this Order, such a person includes a provider of a care home service, secure accommodation service, a residential family centre service or a domiciliary support service.
(ii) in the case of a fostering agency, the area in which the agency provides fostering services is specified in an application made before the relevant date under section 6 or 11(1)(a)(i) of the Act as a place in relation to which a fostering service is to be provided;
(iii) in the case of an adult placement scheme, the area in which the scheme provides services is specified in an application made before the relevant date under section 6 or 11(1)(a)(i) of the Act as a place in relation to which an adult placement service is to be provided.