15 Service of processS
(1)This section applies where the Scottish Ministers receive from the ICC a summons or other document together with a request for it to be served on a person in Scotland.
(2)The Scottish Ministers may direct the chief constable [F1of the Police Service of Scotland ] to cause the document to be personally served on the person.
(3)If the document is so served, the chief constable shall forthwith inform the Scottish Ministers of when and how it was served.
(4)If it does not prove possible to serve the document, the chief constable shall forthwith inform the Scottish Ministers of that fact and the reason.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 15(2) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 17; S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)