Article 2.4 Filing of application

(1)

The education administration application must be filed with the court together with the witness statement in support and the proposed education administrator’s consent to act.

(2)

The court must fix a venue for the hearing of the application.

(3)

There must also be filed, at the same time as the application or at any time after that, a sufficient number of copies of the application and the statement for service in accordance with rule 2.5.

(4)

Each of the copies filed must—

(a)

have applied to it the seal of the court;

(b)

be endorsed with—

(i)

the date and time of filing, and

(ii)

the venue fixed by the court; and

(c)

be delivered by the court to the applicant.

(5)

After the application is filed, it is the duty of the applicant to notify the court in writing of the existence of any insolvency proceedings in relation to the further education body, as soon as the applicant becomes aware of them.