SCHEDULE 1E+W

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 1 in force at 26.4.1999, see Signature

RSC ORDER 96E+WTHE MINES (WORKING FACILITIES AND SUPPORT) ACT 1966(1), ETC.

Appointment for directionsE+W

Rule 4—(1) Within 7 days after issue of the claim form the applicant, having applied at Chancery Chambers for the name of the master assigned to hear the claim, must take an appointment before that master for the hearing of the claim and must forthwith serve notice of the appointment on the Secretary of State.

(2) Not less than 2 clear days before the day appointed for the first hearing of the claim, the applicant must leave at Chancery Chambers—

(a)a witness statement or affidavit of facts in support of the claim, giving particulars of all persons known to the applicant to be interested in or affected by the application, and

(b)a draft of any proposed advertisement or notice of the application.

(3) On the appointment the master shall—

(a)fix a time within which any notice of objection under rule 5 must be given,

(b)fix a date for the further hearing of the claim, and

(c)direct what, if any, advertisements and notices of the application and of the date fixed for the further hearing of the claim are to be inserted and given, and what persons, if any, are to be served with a copy of the application and of any other document in the proceedings.

(4) Any such advertisement or notice must include a statement of the effect of rule 5.