8.— Where the determination of the Executive under section 7(8) is that a person does not need care services, that person or a specified person may—

(a) subject to paragraph (b), not earlier than 6 months after the date on which that determination was made, make a further application under that section for a care needs assessment,

(b) before the expiration of 6 months after the date on which that determination was made, make a further application under that section for a care needs assessment if—

(i) the person satisfies the Executive that, since the person’s last care needs assessment, there has been a material change in the person’s health or circumstances which warrants the application being made, or

(ii) the application is accompanied by a certificate in the specified form—

(I) issued by a registered medical practitioner who has—

(A) seen the person’s most recent care needs assessment report, and

(B) examined the person since the person’s most recent care needs assessment,

(II) stating—

(A) the date of the examination, and

(B) that, in the opinion of the practitioner, there has been a material change in the person’s health or circumstances which warrants the application being made, and

(III) signed by the practitioner.