4.—(1) For the purposes of section 24(1B) of the Children Act 1989(1), any period before 1st April 2013 during which a child aged sixteen or over was accommodated by a Primary Care Trust shall count towards the calculation of the consecutive period during which that child was accommodated as referred to in section 24(2)(d) of the Act (meaning of “looked after, accommodated or fostered”).
(2) If for any consecutive period of three months starting before 1st April 2013 and ending on or after that date, a child is accommodated by a Primary Care Trust and then by a body pursuant to arrangements referred to in section 85(2ZA)(b) of the Children Act 1989 (arrangements by the Secretary of State, the National Health Service Commissioning Board or a clinical commissioning group)(2), section 85(1), (2) and (2ZA) of that Act shall apply as if the child has been accommodated pursuant to those arrangements for a consecutive period of three months.
Section 85(2ZA) is inserted by paragraph 55 of Schedule 5 to the 2012 Act.