The Civil Procedure Rules 1998

[F1[F2Application for issue of a certificate under section 64 of the 2007ActE+W

84.18.—(1) This rule applies to an application for the issue of a certificate under section 64 of the 2007 Act.

(2) The application must be made to the County Court Business Centre, using the relevant form prescribed in Practice Direction 4.

(3) The application must specify one of the County Court hearing centres listed in Practice Direction 84 as the centre at which the application is to be heard.

(4) The application must, in addition to the matters specified in rule 23.6, provide evidence that the applicant fulfils the requirements of regulation 3(b) of the Certification Regulations, and in particular—

(a)the application must be accompanied by the documents specified in Practice Direction 84; and

(b)the additional documents specified in Practice Direction 84 must be produced to the court on the day of the hearing.

(5) If any reasons have been submitted to the court in response to the notice of the application required by regulation 4(5) of the Certification Regulations, a copy of those reasons must be sent to the applicant at least 7 days before the hearing, and the applicant may respond both in writing and at the hearing.

(6) The applicant must also file such further evidence as the court may direct.

(7) The applicant must attend for examination on the day of the hearing.

(8) Rules 23.2, 23.4, 23.7, 23.8, 23.9 and 23.10 do not apply to an application to which this rule applies.]]

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