(1) Paragraphs (2) to (3) deal with the service of a claim form for possession of land where —
(a) there is no person in occupation of the land; and
(b) service cannot otherwise be effected on the defendant.
(2) The court may direct that a claim form and statement of claim be served by affixing a copy of the claim form to some conspicuous part of the land and by publishing a notice of the claim at least once in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Member State or Territory in which the land is situated.
(3) An application for an order under this rule —
(a) may be made without notice; but
(b) must be supported by evidence on affidavit that there is no —
(i) other method of serving the defendant, and
(ii) person in occupation of the land.