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109.—(1) An application filed with the court in hard copy form must be accompanied by one copy and a number of additional copies equal to the number of persons who are to be served with the application.
(2) Where an application is filed with the court, the court must fix a venue for the application to be heard unless—
(a)it considers it is not appropriate to do so;
(b)the Rule under which the application is brought provides otherwise; or
(c)the case is one to which Rule 110 applies.
(3) The applicant must serve a sealed copy of the application, endorsed with the venue for the hearing, on the respondent named in the application unless the court directs or these Rules provide otherwise.
(4) The court may also give one or more of the following directions—
(a)that the application be served upon persons other than those specified by the relevant provision of the 1986 Act or these Rules;
(b)that service upon any person may be dispensed with;
(c)that such persons be notified of the application and venue in such other a way as the court specifies; or
(d)such other directions as the court sees fit.
(5) A sealed copy of the application must be served at least 14 days before the date fixed for its hearing unless—
(a)the provision of the 1986 Act or these Rules under which the application is made makes different provision; or
(b)the case is one of urgency, to which paragraph (6) applies.
(6) Where the case is one of urgency, the court may (without prejudice to its general power to extend or abridge time limits)—
(a)hear the application immediately, either with or without notice to, or the attendance of, other parties; or
(b)authorise a shorter period of service than that provided for by paragraph (5);
and any such application may be heard on terms providing for the filing or service of documents, or the carrying out of other formalities, as the court thinks just.
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