13Alteration of date where service less than 5 days before hearing

13 Alteration of date where service less than 5 days before hearing

(1) Where an application and affidavit or statement of claim have been served upon the respondent named in the application less than 5 days before the date for hearing endorsed on the application under rule 8 or 9, the Court or Registrar may alter the date to a later date and may authorise the solicitor or authorised representative for a party to give notice to the respondent of the altered date by:

(a) posting an altered copy of the application by registered post:

(i) to the usual or last known place of business or abode of the respondent; or

(ii) if appropriate — to the place at which the application was served; or

(b) sending an altered copy of the application by facsimile transmission directed:

(i) to the facsimile transmission number operated at, or in connection with, the usual or last known place of business or abode of the respondent; or

(ii) if appropriate — to the facsimile transmission number operated at, or in connection with, the place at which the application was served.

(2) The authority may be given by telephone or by such other means as the person giving the authority thinks fit.