7I.—(1) Where immediately before the date of commencement of this section a person was being paid a subvention ("old subvention") under the revoked Regulations, then, for so long on or after that date that the person is maintained in a nursing home, the person shall, subject to subsection (2), be paid, in lieu of the old subvention, a relevant subvention equivalent to the old subvention.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed to prevent section 7D operating to cause—

(a) a relevant subvention referred to in that subsection to cease to be paid to a person referred to in that subsection, or

(b) a relevant subvention to be paid to a person referred to in that subsection which is not equivalent to the old subvention which was paid to the person.

(3) In subsection (1), "revoked Regulations" means the Nursing Homes (Subvention) Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 227 of 1993) revoked by section 9 of the Health (Nursing Homes) (Amendment) Act 2007.]