(1) If Comcare is satisfied that an applicant for approval as a rehabilitation program provider, having regard to information in the application and to any further information that is supplied to Comcare under section 34N:
(a) meets the criteria for approval as a rehabilitation program provider in force under section 34D; and
(b) is likely to be able to comply with the operational standards presently in force; and
(c) if the applicant is making an application within 6 months of the next renewal date--is also likely to be able to comply with the operational standards that will be in force with effect from that renewal date;
Comcare must:
(d) approve the applicant as a rehabilitation program provider; and
(e) inform the applicant, by written notice, of its decision.
(2) If Comcare is not so satisfied, it must:
(a) refuse to approve the applicant as a rehabilitation program provider; and
(b) inform the applicant, by written notice, of its decision and of the reasons for that decision.