Transition period for nurses agencies in respect of which an application is made to register as a domiciliary support service
15. Where a person is registered as a person carrying on a nurses agency under the 2000 Act immediately before the principal appointed day and the area in which the agency provides services is specified in an application made before the principal appointed day under section 6 of the Act as a place in relation to which a domiciliary support service is to be provided then the person is to be treated as if the person was a CSA provider so that—
(a)there is a transition period from the principal appointed day until the day when the application is finally determined within the meaning of article 4(5);
(b)article 4(1) applies during the transition period;
(c)article 5 applies during the transition period;
(d)the Nurses Agencies (Wales) Regulations 2003(1) continue to apply to the person during the transition period.