Extension of time for applications

(1) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the circumstances justify it, he may, upon the written request of any interested person, upon such terms as he may direct and upon written notice to the parties concerned, extend the time for doing any act or taking any proceeding under this Act or the Regulations. (2) The extension may be granted even though the time for doing the act or taking the proceeding has expired, but the time for filing an application referred to in section 8(3) of this Act, may not be extended.