(1)  An authority or person on whom a general order has been served is not to be heard on the return of the order unless the authority or person has filed and served on the prosecutor a notice of intention to appear.

(2)  A notice of intention to appear is to be in accordance with the prescribed form.

(3)  An authority or person upon whom a general order to show cause has been served may file and serve on the prosecutor a notice of submission.

(4)  A notice of submission is to be in accordance with the prescribed form.

(5)  A notice filed under subrule (1) or (3) is to specify an address for service of documents for the person on whose behalf it is filed.

(6)  The filing of a notice under subrule (1) or (3) is proof of service on the authority or person who has filed that notice.

(7)  The filing of a notice under subrule (3) operates as a submission by the authority or person filing that notice to any order the Court or a judge makes on the return of the general order, including an order as to costs, without hearing the authority or person.

(8)  Before finally determining a general order, the Court or judge may relieve an authority or person of the consequences of failing to file a notice of intention to appear, or of filing a notice of submission, on any terms the Court or judge thinks fit.