Boarded out childrenN.I.
16.—(1) Where, immediately before the commencement of Part IV, a child in the care of the Department or an authority—N.I.
(a)was—
(i)boarded out with a person under section 114(1)(a) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968; or
(ii)allowed to be under the control of a person under section 105(3) or 145(1) of that Act; and
(b)the person with whom he was boarded out or, as the case may be, under whose control he was allowed to be was not a person falling within paragraph 14(2)(a) or (b),
after the commencement of that Part, he shall be treated (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) as having been placed with an authority foster parent and shall cease to be so treated when he ceases to be placed with that person in accordance with the provisions of this Order.
(2) Regulations made under Article 27(2)(a) shall not apply in relation to a person who is an authority foster parent by virtue of sub-paragraph (1) before the end of the period of twelve months beginning with the commencement of Part IV and accordingly that person, if the child was boarded out with him as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a)(i), shall for that period be subject to terms and regulations mentioned in section 114(1)(a) of the Children and Young Persons Act (Northern Ireland) 1968 as if that section had not been repealed by this Order.