4.10.—(1) Where the Act and these Rules do not require service of a sealed copy of the application on, or notice of it to be delivered to, any person, the court may—
(a)hear the application as soon as reasonably practicable;
(b)fix a venue for the application to be heard, in which case rule 4.7 applies to the extent that it is relevant;
(c)determine the application without a hearing.
(2) However nothing in the Act or these Rules is to be taken as prohibiting the applicant from giving notice.