21Application to renew a licence

21 Application to renew a licence

(1) Before a non-emergency patient transport service licence expires, the holder may apply to the Secretary for the renewal of the licence.

(b) must be accompanied—

(i) if the application is made at least three months before the licence expires, by the prescribed fee; or

(ii) if the application is made within the period of three months before the licence expires, by the prescribed fee and an additional fee of one half of the prescribed fee.

(3) An applicant under this section must give to the Secretary any further information relating to the application that the Secretary requests.

(4) A non-emergency patient transport service licence in respect of which an application is made under this section, is deemed to continue in force, after the expiry of the licence period, until the Secretary makes a decision in relation to the application.