Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, during the period of 14 days commencing on the commencing date, the Registrar may defer until the expiration of that period:
(a) the doing of any thing relating to documents lodged, or produced for lodgment;
(b) the making of any record or entry in the Register;
(c) the registration of any ship or of any matter; or
(d) the doing of any thing incidental to the registration of a ship or of any matter.
(2) Documents produced for lodgment, or lodged, during the period referred to in subsection (1), in relation to which the Registrar has deferred the making of a record or entry in the Register, or the doing of any other thing, shall, after the expiration of that period, be dealt with in the order in which they were received by the Registrar.
(3) Where, in relation to a ship, any document has been produced for lodgment, or lodged, during the period referred to in subsection (1), and the Registrar has deferred the making of a record or entry in the Register, or the doing of any other thing, relating to the document during that period, then, for the purpose of making a record or entry in the Register, or doing any other thing, relating to the document after the expiration of that period:
(a) in the case of a document produced for lodgment, if the Registrar considers that the document is in a form satisfactory for lodgment--the document shall be deemed to have been lodged on the date on which, and at the time when, it was so produced; and
(b) in the case of a document lodged--the record or entry made in the Register, or the thing done, relating to the document shall be deemed to have been made or done on the date on which, and at the time when, it was lodged.