15.—(1) An application to renew any registration as a registered provider must —
(a)
be made in such form and manner as the Authority may require;
(b)
be accompanied by the prescribed renewal fee;
(c)
be submitted to the Authority not later than the prescribed time before the date the registration expires (called in this section the renewal deadline); and
(d)
be accompanied by such other additional information that the Authority requires for the application.
(2) If a renewal application under subsection (1) is submitted after the renewal deadline, the application must be accompanied by the prescribed late renewal fee, in addition to the prescribed renewal fee.
(3) Sections 9 to 13 apply, with the necessary modifications and subject to this section, to an application and an applicant under this section as they do to an application and an applicant for registration.
(4) To avoid doubt, section 16 does not apply to or in relation to a renewal of registration with modified conditions of registration.