7Filing of documents

7 Filing of documents

(1) Subject to this regulation, filing of a document with the Registrar shall be effected by lodging the document at an office of the Registrar at a time when that office is open for business, or by sending the document by post addressed to the Registrar at an office of the Registrar, but the document shall be deemed not to be filed until it is accepted for filing by the Registrar.

(2) The Registrar may refuse to accept a document for filing if the document does not comply with the provisions of these Regulations applicable in relation to the document and shall refuse to accept a document for filing if the prescribed fee has not been paid.

(3) If the Registrar refuses to accept a document for filing, he shall serve notice in writing of the refusal on the person by whom the document was lodged or sent and shall state in the notice the reason for the refusal.

(4) The Registrar shall cause the date on which a document is filed to be written on the document and on any sealed copy of the document.

(5) The Registrar may decide on the number of copies of each document that must be with the document when it is filed with the Registrar.

(6) A decision by the Registrar under subregulation (5) may be in relation to:

(a) all documents; or

(b) a particular document; or

(c) a document included in a class of documents.

(7) If the Registrar has made a decision under subregulation (5) the number of copies decided on in relation to a document must be with that document when it is filed with the Registrar.