Applicants
(1) The approved authority of the school may apply to the Minister for approval of the proposal.
Contents of applications
(2) An application under this section must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) set out details of the proposal; and
(c) subject to subsection ( 3), state the earliest program year to which the approval is to apply; and
(d) if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made--set out those circumstances.
(3) The earliest program year to be stated in an application for the purposes of paragraph ( 2)(c) is to be:
(a) the program year in which the application is made; or
(b) the program year following the program year in which the application is made; or
(c) if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances that justify the approval applying to the program year preceding the program year in which the application is made--that preceding program year.