8. To maintain entitlement to financial assistance, the adopter must submit to the institution an application for the renewal of the financial assistance within 60 days preceding the date on which the first and second years of financial assistance end.
The renewal application must be made using the form provided by the institution, contain the information provided for in the third paragraph of section 3 and be accompanied by the documents provided for in the first paragraph of section 4.
Where a renewal application is submitted outside the time prescribed in the first paragraph, financial assistance may, despite the delay, be granted to the adopter if the adopter gives sufficient grounds to explain the delay. Where applicable, financial assistance may be granted retroactively, for the year of financial assistance covered by the application, for not more than 6 months as of the date of receipt of the duly completed application.
1915-2023O.C. 1915-2023, s. 8.