The Court of Protection Rules 2017

Period for acknowledging service or responding to application where application is served out of the jurisdictionE+W

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6.13.—(1) This rule applies where, under these Rules, a party is required to file—

(a)an acknowledgment of service; or

(b)an answer to an application,

and sets out the time period for doing so where the application is served out of the jurisdiction.

(2) Where the applicant serves an application on a respondent in—

(a)Scotland or Northern Ireland; or

(b)a F1... Service Convention country within Europe,

the period for filing an acknowledgment of service or an answer to an application is 21 days after service of the application.

(3) Where the applicant serves an application on a respondent in a Service Convention country outside Europe, the period for filing an acknowledgment of service or an answer to an application is 31 days after service of the application.

(4) Where the applicant serves an application on a respondent in a country not referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3), the period for filing an acknowledgment of service or an answer to an application is set out in Practice Direction 6B.

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