(1) When the Registrar refuses to file any articles or other document required by this Act to be filed by him or her before the articles or other document become effective, the Registrar shall—
(a) within 60 days after the receipt thereof by him or her, or 60 days after he or she receives any approval required under any other Act, whichever is the later date; and
(b) after giving the person who sent the articles or document an opportunity to be heard,
give written notice of the refusal to that person, together with the reasons for the refusal.
(2) If the Registrar does not file or give written notice of his or her refusal to file any articles or document within the time limited therefor in subsection (1), then, for the purposes of section 247, the Registrar has refused to file the articles or document.