(SCR o 83 r 5; NSW r 32.2 (3))
(1) Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders, an application for leave to serve a subpoena in New Zealand need not be served on the addressee for the subpoena or anyone else.
Note Pt 6.2 (Applications in proceedings) applies to an application for an order otherwise ordering under this rule.
(2) Unless the Supreme Court otherwise orders on its own initiative, the application may be heard and decided in the absence of the addressee.