8. Oral applications
(1) In this rule ¾
}oral application~ means an application that under an enabling Act may be made ¾
(a) orally; or
(b) partly in writing and partly orally.
(2) If an oral application is made, the executive officer is to complete a written application form to the extent that the application is not in writing.
(3) For the purposes of the Act section 42(3), an oral application is accepted by the executive officer when he or she affixes the Tribunal's seal to the written application completed by him or her.
(4) An oral application must not be accepted, without the leave of the Tribunal, a judicial member or the executive officer, if it appears to the executive officer that the application ¾
(a) is not substantially complete; or
(b) does not substantially comply with these rules.