(1) It is a responsibility of an approved provider to give the Secretary information relating to a * reporting period for the provider that is information of a kind specified in the Accountability Principles.
(2) The information must be given within 4 months after the end of the * reporting period for the approved provider.
(3) The reporting period for an approved provider is
(a) the period of 12 months starting on 1 July of a year; or
(b) another 12 month period that starts on the first day of a month of a year that is determined for the provider by the Secretary in accordance with the Accountability Principles.
(4) Without limiting paragraph (3)(b), the day determined for the provider by the Secretary under that paragraph may be a day before the commencement of this section.