12.—(1) This paragraph applies to any request—
(a)for the competent court of another member State to take evidence under Article 1.1(a) of the Council Regulation; or
(b)that the court should take evidence directly in another member State under Article 1.1(b) of the Council Regulation.
(2) An application is made by minute in Form S5.12, together with the proposed request in form A or I (as the case may be) in the Annex to the Council Regulation.