There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001, Section 27.
(1)Any document required or authorised by virtue of sections 19 to 26 to be served on any person may be [F1served in accordance with Criminal Procedure Rules.]
[F2(1A)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)Criminal Procedure Rules (as they have effect from time to time) apply to the document to be served as if it were a document to be served in criminal proceedings before a magistrates’ court, and
(b)any magistrates’ court may discharge functions conferred on a court by those Rules in relation to such service.]
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 27(1) substituted (28.6.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(3), Sch. 1 para. 14(a)
F2S. 27(1A) inserted (28.6.2022) by Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(3), Sch. 1 para. 14(b)
F3S. 27(2)-(8) omitted (28.6.2022) by virtue of Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 (c. 35), s. 51(3), Sch. 1 para. 14(c)
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