(1) This rule applies where the court makes an order permitting a defendant to —
(a) continue to defend; or
(b) defend,
on condition that the defendant makes a payment into court.
(2) If —
(a) a defendant makes such a payment into court; and
(b) makes an offer to settle (whether before or after the order to pay money into court),
the defendant may choose to treat the whole or any part of the money paid into court as if it were a payment into court made in support of the offer to settle.
(3) To do this the defendant must —
(a) file a notice that the defendant so chooses; and
(b) serve a copy of it on every other party to the proceedings.