HL Deb 21 July 1930 vol 78 c659

Applications to the High Court.

1. An application under Section eleven of this Act shall be made by an originating notice of motion to a Judge of the High Court selected for the purpose by the Lord Chancellor.

2. The evidence upon the hearing of the application shall be by affidavit except in so far as the Court at the hearing may direct oral evidence to be given.

3. The notice of motion shall state the grounds for the application, and the date mentioned in the notice for the hearing of the application shall be not less than fourteen days after the service of the notice.

4. The notice of motion shall be served before the expiration of six weeks after the publication of the notice of confirmation of the order to which the application relates on the local authority by whom the order was made and on the Minister, and shall be entered at the Crown Office within the same period.

5. The ordinary practice and rules of the King's Bench Division shall apply so far as they are applicable, and are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act or of these temporary rules.

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