48(1)An area director shall deliver or send the certificate to the applicant or, at his request, to the solicitor of the applicant’s choice.

48(2)A solicitor who agrees to perform services under a certificate shall as soon as is possible and in any event within ten days complete and sign the solicitor’s acknowledgment and undertaking on the appropriate copy of the certificate and return it to the area director.

48(3)Where for any reason a solicitor is unable or unwilling to act, he shall return the certificate forthwith to the holder of the certificate or to the area director as the circumstances require.

48(4)Where a solicitor agrees to act for a client under a certificate, he shall as soon as is practicable require the client to execute a directive in Form 12.