(1) If, under these rules, a particular judicial officer has been allocated to manage a proceeding—
(a) the court may direct that all applications in relation to the proceeding, or the hearing of the proceeding, be heard and decided by the judicial officer; and
(b) the judicial officer may monitor the proceeding to ensure that the parties comply with any directions given in the proceeding.
(2) The court may make a direction under this rule on application by a party or on its own initiative.
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for a direction under this rule.