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Part VIIProcedure

Additional requirement where application for child maintenance is combined with application for other relief

7.15.  Where a notice is sent under rule 7.14(1) in respect of an application which is contained in a petition or other document (“the document”) which contains material intrinsic to the application—

(a)the document shall, until the contrary is directed under sub-paragraph (c), be treated as if it did not contain the application in respect of which the notice was sent;

(b)the proper officer or chief clerk shall, when he sends a copy of the notice under rule 7.14(1) to the parties, also send a notice informing them of the effect of sub-paragraph (a); and

(c)where it is determined under rule 7.14 that the court would not be prevented by Article 10 or 11 of the Order of 1991 from making the order sought by the application, the court shall direct that the document shall be treated as if it contained the application, and it may give such directions as it considers appropriate for the conduct of the proceedings in consequence of that direction.