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For paragraph 8 of Schedule 8 to the 1962 Act (petition at issue) substitute:

Petition at issue8

1

The petition shall be at issue as from the relevant time, as defined by sub-paragraph (2).

2

In this paragraph “the relevant time” means—

a

where the petitioner gives the security for costs required by paragraph 7 by a deposit of money equal to the amount of the security so required, the time when the security is so given; and

b

in any other case, the time when—

i

the time prescribed for the making of objections under paragraph 7(4) expires, or

ii

if such an objection is made, that objection is disallowed or removed,

whichever happens later.