Response to an initiating application
6 Response to an initiating application
(1) A person served with an initiating application who wishes to oppose it or who otherwise wishes to be heard in relation to it (the respondent) must:
file a response in the approved form with the Tribunal; and
(b) serve a copy of the response on each other party named in the initiating application.
Note for subrule (1)(a)
The current approved form for a response is Form 2.
(2) Subject to subrule (3), a person may include in a response a claim for relief against the applicant.
(3) A claim mentioned in subrule (2) may only concern a matter over which the Tribunal has jurisdiction.
(4) The Tribunal may disallow a claim mentioned in subrule (2) if the Tribunal is of the opinion that the claim is not sufficiently connected to the matters raised by the initiating application that it should be dealt with in the same proceeding.
(6) The Tribunal may order in a particular proceeding that a party need not file a response.
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