(1) The Registrar may, in writing, approve a form for any notice, statement, application or other document given to the Registrar, or any other person, for the purposes of a provision of this Act.
(2) The approval may require all or any of the following:
(a) the form in which the notice, statement, application or other document is to be given;
(b) that the notice, statement, application or other document contain a declaration that is of the kind specified in the approval and that is signed by a person of the kind specified in the approval;
(c) that the notice, statement, application or other document contain information that is of the kind specified in the approval;
(d) subject to subsection (3), the manner in which the notice, statement, application or other document is to be given.
(3) This section, and any approval under this section, does not affect the operation of section 404 - 10.
Note: Section 404 - 10 deals with lodging documents with the Registrar electronically.
(4) The Registrar may approve different forms for different entities.
(5) The Registrar may combine in the same form more than one notice, statement, application or other document.
(6) If the giving of a notice, statement, application or other document is covered by an approval under this section:
(a) the notice is taken for the purposes of this Act not to have been given if it is not in accordance with that approval; and
(b) is in the approved form if, and only if, it is in accordance with that approval.
However, strict compliance is not required and substantial compliance is sufficient.