160. The following rules apply to a person, other than a person referred to in section 157 of this Act that, on 31 August 1997, is the holder of a home day care agency permit:(1) the person shall retain the permit and may obtain its renewal for a period expiring on 31 August 1999 at the latest;
(2) the person, and the persons recognized by the person as persons responsible for home day care, shall be governed by the former provisions of sections 7, 10.0.1, 10.1 to 10.8, 11 to 12, 13.1, 41.6, 42, 74.1, 74.2, and 74.8 to 74.10 of the Act, the new provisions of sections 8, 9, 13, 13.2, 13.4, 14 to 16, 18 to 30, 34 to 36.1, 41.6.1, 41.6.2, 44, 74.4 and 76.1 of the Act, and by the Regulation respecting home day care agencies and home day care made by Order in Council 1669-93 (1993, G.O. 2, 6863), adapted as required;
(3) the person shall also remain eligible, until 31 August 1999 at the latest, for the grants provided for by the former provisions of section 41.6 of the Act, for the benefit of that person and of the persons recognized by the person as persons responsible for home day care;
(4) if the person is neither a municipality nor a school board, the person shall become the holder of a childcare centre permit pursuant to the new provisions of section 7 of the Act if the person brings the composition of its board of directors into conformity with the requirements of subparagraph 1 of the first paragraph of section 157 of this Act and satisfies the other conditions prescribed by the new provisions of the Act and the regulations. The person has until 31 August 1999 to bring the composition of its board of directors into conformity with the requirements of the new provisions of the first paragraph of section 7 of the Act and until 31 August 2002 to become a childcare centre within the meaning of the new provisions of section 1 of the Act, on pain of revocation of the permit. The provisions of the last paragraph of section 157 apply to the persons recognized by the person as persons responsible for home day care;
(5) if the person is a municipality or a school board, the person may continue to act as a home day care agency until 31 August 1999 at the latest.