(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)