14.8.—(1) If a creditor is dissatisfied with the office-holder’s decision under rule 14.7 in relation to the creditor’s own proof (including a decision whether the debt is preferential), the creditor may apply to the court for the decision to be reversed or varied.
(2) The application must be made within 21 days of the creditor receiving the statement delivered under rule 14.7(2).
(3) A member, a contributory, any other creditor or, in a bankruptcy, the bankrupt, if dissatisfied with the office-holder’s decision admitting, or rejecting the whole or any part of, a proof or agreeing to revalue a creditor’s security under rule 14.15, may make such an application within 21 days of becoming aware of the office-holder’s decision.
(4) The court must fix a venue for the application to be heard.
(5) The applicant must deliver notice of the venue to the creditor who delivered the proof in question (unless it is the applicant’s own proof) and the office-holder.
(6) The office-holder must, on receipt of the notice, file the relevant proof with the court, together (if appropriate) with a copy of the statement sent under rule 14.7(2).
(7) After the application has been heard and determined, a proof which was submitted by the creditor in hard copy form must be returned by the court to the office-holder.