(1) On receipt of a non-complying document the Registrar may, in his or her discretion -

(a) serve on the person delivering the document (or, if there is more than one such person, any of them) a notice that the document does not comply, or

(b) neither serve such a notice nor otherwise advise or give notice to any such person that the document does not comply,

and the provision made by the following provisions of this section, in a case where the course under paragraph (a) is taken by the Registrar, is not to be read as implying that, in a case where the course under paragraph (b) is taken by the Registrar, any legal consequences arising from the fact that a non-complying document has been delivered are thereby avoided.

(2) A notice under subsection (1)(a) shall state in what respects the document is a noncomplying document.

(3) A document referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed not to have been delivered to the Registrar if -

(a) it is the subject of a notice served under subsection (1)(a), and