(1) Unless the Court otherwise directs, an originating process, or interlocutory process, must be supported by an affidavit stating the facts in support of the process.
(2) Subject to rule 2.4A, an affidavit in support of an originating process must annex a record of a search of the records maintained by ASIC, in relation to the company that is the subject of the application to which the originating process relates, carried out no earlier than 7 days before the originating process is filed.
Note: An example of the affidavit in support of an application for winding up in insolvency for failure to comply with a statutory demand is shown in Schedule 3 (Notes to these Rules).