Rule 2—(1) Every application under section 15 of the Bills of Sale Act 1878, to a master of the Queen’s Bench Division for an order that a memorandum of satisfaction be written on a registered copy of a bill of sale must—
(a)if a consent to the satisfaction signed by the person entitled to the benefit of the bill of sale can be obtained, be made without it and the documents set out in paragraph (2) being served on any other person;
(b)in all other cases, be made by the issue of a claim form.
(2) An application under paragraph (1)(a) must be supported by—
(a)particulars of the consent referred to in that paragraph; and
(b)a witness statement or affidavit by a witness who attested the consent verifying the signature on it.
(3) A claim form under paragraph (1)(b) must be served on the person entitled to the benefit of the bill of sale and must be supported by evidence that the debt (if any) for which the bill of sale was made has been satisfied or discharged.