28(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act applies to all nursing homes in the Province whether established before or after the coming into force of this Act, and any licence issued under the Health Act to a nursing home that is valid and subsisting immediately prior to the coming into force of this Act shall be deemed to be a licence issued under this Act and to be subject to the terms and conditions to which a licence issued under this Act is subject.

28(2)The Minister may, subject to such terms and conditions as he considers appropriate and indefinitely or for such period of time as he considers appropriate, exclude from the application of all or any provision of this Act or the regulations a nursing home which was in existence immediately prior to the coming into force of this Act and which was operating in accordance with the law of the Province at that time.