Division 1 — Court and chambers
Hearing of applications
5.—(1)  Unless the Chief Justice has given a general or special direction to the contrary —
(a)every application before the Registrar must be heard in chambers; and
(b)every application before the Judge may be heard in chambers.
(2)  Unless the Chief Justice has given a general or special direction to the contrary, the jurisdiction of the Court to hear and determine a matter or an application may be exercised by the Registrar.
(3)  The Court may, without requiring the parties to appear in person, adjourn a bankruptcy application or make such order or give such direction as the Court thinks fit for the just, expeditious and economical disposal of the bankruptcy application, by giving written notice of the adjournment, order or direction to all parties concerned.
Adjournment from Registrar to Judge
6.  Any matter pending before the Registrar which the Registrar has jurisdiction to determine under Part 3 or Parts 13 to 22 of the Act, these Rules or the regulations must be adjourned to be heard before the Judge if the Judge so directs by a general or special direction.
Adjournment from chambers to court and vice versa
7.—(1)  Subject to Part 3 and Parts 13 to 22 of the Act, these Rules and the regulations, any matter may at any time be adjourned from chambers into court or from court into chambers if the Judge or the Registrar (as the case may be) thinks fit.
(2)  If all parties require any matter to be adjourned from chambers into court, the matter must be so adjourned.