Proof of service of statutory demand
78.—(1)  Where a creditor’s bankruptcy application is based on non‑compliance with a statutory demand, an affidavit proving service of the statutory demand (called in this rule an affidavit of service of a statutory demand) must be filed in support of the application.
(2)  An affidavit of service of a statutory demand must —
(a)state the mode, date and time of the service; and
(b)exhibit a copy of the statutory demand and any acknowledgment of service of the statutory demand.
(3)  Where a statutory demand has been served other than by personal service, the affidavit of service of the statutory demand must —
(a)give particulars of the steps taken to effect personal service and the reasons for which the steps have been ineffective;
(b)where attempts at personal service have been unsuccessful, state the means by which the demand was sought to have been brought to the debtor’s attention;
(c)where sub-paragraph (b) applies, explain why the means mentioned in that sub‑paragraph would have best ensured that the demand would be brought to the debtor’s attention;
(d)exhibit evidence of such alternative mode or modes of service; and
(e)specify a date by which to the best of the knowledge, information and belief of the person making the affidavit, the demand would have come to the debtor’s attention.
(4)  The steps (of which particulars are given as required under paragraph (3)(a)) must be such as would have sufficed to justify an order for substituted service of a bankruptcy application being made by the Court.
(5)  If an affidavit of service of a statutory demand specifies a date as required under paragraph (3)(e), then unless the Court otherwise orders, that date is deemed for the purposes of these Rules and the Bankruptcy Regulations to have been the date on which the statutory demand was served on the debtor.
(6)  The Court must dismiss the creditor’s bankruptcy application if the Court is not satisfied that the creditor has discharged the obligations imposed on the creditor by rule 66.