Regulation 5

An application to a tribunal by the Director‑General under section 17A(1) must be made by filing —

the relevant Form; and

any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the application.

Upon approval of the Director‑General’s application by the tribunal, the Director‑General must, within 7 days after the date of such approval, serve all the following documents on any person that appears to be a respondent to the claim under section 4 or the application under section 6 or 9 (as the case may be), to which the Director‑General’s application relates:

the application under section 17A(1);

the supporting evidence mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);

the notice issued under section 17A(3)(c).

The Director‑General must file a declaration of service in the relevant Form within 3 days after the date on which the documents mentioned in paragraph (2) are served.

A respondent to the claim under section 4, or the application under section 6 or 9 (as the case may be) to which the Director‑General’s application relates, who intends to contest the claim or application must, within 14 days after being served with the documents mentioned in paragraph (2), file and serve on the claimant or applicant, as the case may be —

a reply in the relevant Form; and

any supporting evidence to prove the matters stated in the reply.

Despite Order 16 of the Rules of Court 2021, a party to the claim under section 4, or the application under section 6 or 9 (as the case may be) to which the Director‑General’s application relates, may discontinue or withdraw the claim or application only if —

all the parties to the claim or application and the Director‑General consent for the claim or application (as the case may be) to be discontinued or withdrawn — by filing the written consent of all the parties and the Director‑General; or

any party to the claim or application, or the Director‑General, does not consent for the claim or application (as the case may be) to be discontinued or withdrawn — with the permission of the tribunal.

To avoid doubt, the Director‑General may, with the permission of the tribunal, discontinue or withdraw any claim or application that arises from an application under section 17A(1) made by the Director‑General, under this rule.

Except with the permission of the Registrar or tribunal, no other document or evidence may be filed or served for the purposes of any claim or application that arises from an application made by the Director‑General under section 17A(1).

Despite Order 13, Rule 1(3) of the Rules of Court 2021, if the application made by the Director‑General under section 17A(1) is for the tribunal to hear and determine a claim under section 4, an application for a grant of an injunction need not be made by summons, and instead may be included in the application.

To avoid doubt, rules 5, 9, 10 and 11 do not apply in relation to a claim or an application deemed to have been brought pursuant to an application to a tribunal by the Director‑General made under this rule.”.