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as the Registrar thinks fit.
 (3) A direction under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.
 (4) If the Registrar is satisfied:
 (a) that a document (the original) that was lodged has been lost or destroyed; and
 (b) of the date of the lodging of the original; and
 (c) that a copy of the original produced to the Registrar is a correct copy;
the Registrar may:
 (d) certify on the copy that he or she is so satisfied; and
 (e) grant leave for the copy to be lodged in the manner required by law in respect of the original.
 (5) Subsection (4) operates whether or not an application has been made under subsection (1).
 (6) Upon the lodgment, the copy has, and is taken to have had from the date specified in the certificate as the date of the lodging of the original, the same force and effect for all purposes as the original.
 (7) A decision of the Administrative Review Tribunal varying or setting aside a decision of the Registrar to certify and grant leave under subsection (4) may be lodged with the Registrar and is to be registered by the Registrar. However, no payments, contracts, dealings, acts or things made, had or done in good faith before the registration of the Tribunal's decision, and upon the faith of and in reliance upon the certificate, are to be invalidated or affected by the Tribunal's decision.
 (8) A certification under subsection (4) is not a legislative instrument.

Division 407—Registrar's powers

407‑1  Registrar may refuse to receive or register documents
 (1) If the Registrar is of the opinion that a document submitted for lodgment:
 (a) contains matter contrary to law; or
 (b) contains matter that, in a material particular, is false or misleading in the form or context in which it is included; or
 (c) because of an omission or misdescription has not been duly completed; or
 (d) contravenes this Act; or
 (e) contains an error, alteration or erasure;
the Registrar may refuse to receive or register the document and may request:
 (f) that the document be appropriately amended or completed and resubmitted; or
 (g) that a fresh document be submitted in its place; or
 (h) if the document has not been duly completed—that a supplementary document in the approved form be lodged.
 (2) A request under subsection (1) is not a legislative instrument.

407‑5  Registrar may require additional information
 (1) The Registrar may require a person who submits a document for lodgment to:
 (a) produce to the Registrar such other document; or
 (b) give the Registrar such information;
as the Registrar thinks necessary in order to form an opinion whether he or she may refuse to receive or register the