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Article 19 Notice of hearing

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(1)

Except where these rules provide otherwise or the court directs otherwise, the applicant shall give notice of the hearing of an application in accordance with the following provisions of this rule.

(2)

Where a receiver has been appointed for a patient he shall, unless he is the applicant, be given notice of the hearing of any application relating to the patient.

(3)

Where the application is one to which rules 15 or 17 relate, notice of the hearing of the application shall also be given to every person who would have been required to be served with the application notice if the application had been made to the High Court.

(4)

Notice of the hearing of the application shall also be given to such other persons who appear to the court to be interested as the court may specify.

(5)

Notice of a hearing shall be given—

(a)

in the case of a first application for the appointment of a receiver, or an application under rule 16, not less than ten clear days and

(b)

in the case of any other application, not less than two clear days before the date fixed for the hearing.

(6)

For the purposes of this rule notice of a hearing shall be given to the person concerned in such manner as the court may direct.