(1) A person who is a rehabilitation program provider approved under section 34F may apply to Comcare for renewal of the person's approval as a rehabilitation program provider.
(2) Subject to subsection (3), an application for renewal must be made not less than 6 months before the end of an approval period.
(3) The Chief Executive Officer may, in exceptional circumstances, permit an application for renewal to be made less than 6 months before the end of an approval period.
"approval period" means the period:
(a) of the initial approval; or
(b) if that approval has been renewed under section
34L--of the approval as last renewed.