173. The Minister may, subject to the conditions he determines, enter into an agreement with the holder of a day care centre permit or home day care agency permit that undertakes to take part in the plans established under sections 171 and 172 of this Act, stipulating that the permit holder may be allotted places for which parents are to pay the fixed contribution, or for which parents are to be exempted from payment of the contribution under the new provisions of section 39 of the Act, and may be allotted the grant determined by the Minister to the extent that moneys are allocated for that purpose under the new provisions of section 41.6 of the Act.
Likewise, the Minister may enter into such an agreement with the holder of a home day care agency permit issued under the former provisions of section 7 of the Act that undertakes to satisfy the requirements of subparagraph 4 of the first paragraph of section 160 of this Act as regards the composition of its board of directors.
A permit holder that, following such an agreement, receives grants under the new provisions of section 41.6 of the Act shall be governed by the new provisions of section 13.3, the second paragraph of section 17.0.1, and sections 38, 39, 41.6.1, 41.6.2, 74.5, 74.7 and 76.1 of the Act, adapted as required, and by the provisions of subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of section 160 and the second paragraph of section 167 of this Act, adapted as required.
The new provisions of sections 41.3 to 41.5 of the Act, adapted as required, apply to a parent who feels aggrieved by a decision concerning the contribution or exemption referred to in the new provisions of section 39 of the Act.