3.8.3—(1) The sheriff clerk shall serve or cause to be served on the patient a copy of the application, with the exception of any medical recommendation, together with a notice in Form 12.
(2) Where the patient is not a resident patient in a hospital, the notice and copy application shall be served on him personally by sheriff officer.
(3) Where the patient is a resident patient in a hospital, the notice and copy application shall be served together with a notice in Form 13 on his responsible medical officer–
(a)by first class recorded delivery service; or
(b)personally by sheriff officer.
(4) Where the patient is already the subject of a guardianship order, the notice and copy application (including any medical recommendations) shall, in addition to any other service required by this rule, be served on the guardian–
(a)by first class recorded delivery service; or
(b)personally by a sheriff officer.