(1) This section applies if:
(a) a private registered provider took action at a particular time; and
(b) the Overseas Students Ombudsman receives a complaint in relation to that action within 12 months after that time; and
(c) after that time, the private registered provider ceases to be a private registered provider for the purposes of this Part.
(2) This Part applies, in relation to that complaint, as if the private registered provider continued to be a private registered provider.