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Application to set aside statutory demand
6.4.—(1) [[FORM 6.4]] The debtor may, within the period allowed by this Rule, apply to the appropriate court for an order setting the statutory demand aside.
That period is 18 days from the date of the service on him of the statutory demand or, where the demand is advertised in a newspaper pursuant to Rule 6.3, from the date of the advertisement's appearance or (as the case may be) its first appearance.
(2) Where the creditor issuing the statutory demand is a Minister of the Crown or a Government Department, and—
(a)the debt in respect of which the demand is made, or a part of it equal to or exceeding the bankruptcy level (within the meaning of section 267, is the subject of a judgment or order of any court, and
(b)the statutory demand specifies the date of the judgment or order and the court in which it was obtained, but indicates the creditor's intention to present a bankruptcy petition against the debtor in the High Court,
the appropriate court under this Rule is the High Court; and in any other case it is that to which the debtor would, in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of Rule 6.40 in Chapter 3 below, present his own bankruptcy petition.
(3) As from (inclusive) the date on which the application is filed in court, the time limited for compliance with the statutory demand ceases to run, subject to any order of the court under Rule 6.5(6).
(4) [[FORM 6.5]] The debtor's application shall be supported by an affidavit—
(a)specifying the date on which the statutory demand came into his hands, and
(b)stating the grounds on which he claims that it should be set aside.
The affidavit shall have exhibited to it a copy of the statutory demand.
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