(1)Save as otherwise expressly provided in or may be prescribed under, this Act, every application for any licence or permission under this Act or any rule, bye-law or regulation made thereunder, or for the renewal thereof, shall be made not less than thirty and not more than ninety days before the earliest date with effect from which, or the commencement of the period (being a year or such less period as is mentioned in the application) for which the licence or permission is required.