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Rule 70 Applicant to notify other persons of an application

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

As soon as practicable and in any event within 21 days of the date on which the application form was issued, the applicant must notify the persons specified in the relevant practice direction—

(a)

that an application form has been issued;

(b)

whether it relates to the exercise of the court’s jurisdiction in relation to P’s property and affairs, or his personal welfare, or to both; and

(c)

of the order or orders sought.

(2)

Notification of the issue of the application form must be accompanied by a form for acknowledging notification.

(3)

The applicant must file a certificate of notification within 7 days beginning with the date on which notification was given.