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Magistrates' Courts Rules (Northern Ireland) 1984
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Service of a summons in England and Wales or Scotland
12.—(1) A summons requiring a person in England and Wales or Scotland charged with an offence to appear before a magistrates' court in Northern Ireland may, subject to paragraph (4), be served by any member of a home police force within the meaning of the Police Act 1969(1) or by a person employed by the chief officer of police or the police authority for the area in which the summons is to be served who is authorised by the chief officer of police to serve summonses.
(2) Service of the summons may be proved by an affidavit in Form 109 sworn in England and Wales before a justice of the peace or clerk to the justices or in Scotland before a sheriff, justice of the peace or sheriff clerk.
(3) The summons shall be served by delivering a copy to the person charged at least 14 days before the date of the hearing.
(4) Where the summons is to be served on a corporate body in England and Wales or Scotland, paragraph (5) of Rule 11 shall have effect as if the words “in Northern Ireland” were omitted.
(5) Paragraphs (4) and (6) of Rule 11 shall not apply to the service of a summons under this Rule.
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