48.5   Applications: service and date of hearing

(cf SCR Part 81, rule 9)

(1)  Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, the summons by which an application under an intellectual property Act is made to the Court:

(a)  must be served on the Commissioner, and

(b)  must not be heard before 14 days after service on the parties and the Commissioner.

(2)  Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, where:

(a)  rule 48.11, 48.12, 48.13 or 48.14 applies to the proceedings, and

(b)  the proceedings are commenced by summons,

      the proceedings must not be heard before 14 days after the requirements as to service contained in the applicable rule have been complied with.