Except where these Rules otherwise provide, any question which is to be determined by or referred to the Tribunal shall be brought before it by way of written application and, except where otherwise provided by section 93 of the Act of 2003 (Notification of application), a copy of the application shall be sent by the Tribunal to each of the other parties to the proceedings and to such other persons whom it considers should receive a copy, setting a date by which representations to it as respects the application may be made. In a case in which the Tribunal is acting as arbiter under a reference by consent the notice of reference shall be in or as nearly as may be in accordance with Form 1.