164. An application for a day care centre filed with the Office before 11 June 1997 or for a home day care agency permit filed with the Office before 1 September 1997 and made for or on behalf of a non-profit legal person or a cooperative whose board of directors satisfies the requirements of the first paragraph of section 157 of this Act, becomes, on 1 September 1997, an application for a childcare centre permit.