Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada

51 (1) The motion shall be submitted to a judge or the Registrar

• (a) after the reply is filed or at the end of the five-day period referred to in Rule 50, as the case may be; or

• (b) if no response to the motion is filed, at the end of the 10-day period referred to in Rule 49.

(2) The judge or the Registrar may

• (a) decide the motion;

• (b) order an oral hearing of the motion;

• (c) refer the motion for decision to the Court; or

• (d) in the case of a motion related to an application for leave to appeal or leave to cross-appeal, refer the motion to the judges to whom the application for leave to appeal or leave to cross-appeal has been submitted.

(3) Despite subrule (1), a motion related to an application for leave to appeal or leave to cross-appeal may be submitted for decision directly to the judges to whom the application for leave to appeal or leave to cross-appeal is submitted.