(1)  A third party may issue and serve a notice directed to any person not already a party to the action against whom the third party claims to be entitled to –

(a) contribution or indemnity; or

(b) any relief or remedy relating to, or connected with, the original subject matter of the action.

(2)  If a person served with a notice under subrule (1) makes a claim referred to in that subrule against another person not already a party, this Division has effect as regards any further person so served, and so on successively.

(3)  The provisions of this Division relating to the rights and procedure between the defendant and the third party apply as between the parties to a notice issued under this rule as if –

(a) the party issuing and serving the notice were a defendant; and

(b) the party to whom the notice is directed were a third party; and

(c) the notice were a third party notice.