If a request is to be received by the —
(a) court in pursuance of a Civil Procedure Convention providing for the taking of the evidence of any person in a State or Territory for the assistance of a court or tribunal in the foreign country, and no person is named in the document as the person who will make the necessary application on behalf of the party; or
(b) minister with responsibility for foreign affairs and sent by the minister to the court office with a intimation that effect should be given to the request without requiring an application for that purpose,
the court office must send the document to the Attorney General.