Rules 4 (other than subrules (4), (5), (6) and (7)), 5 and 6 apply to the filing of ¾

(a) an application under these rules other than an application as defined in the Act section 3(1) (}interim application~);

(b) an election or request under these rules; or

(c) a response,

as if a reference in those rules to an application were a reference to an interim application, election, request or response.