PART 4SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS

Service by leaving or posting a documentI14.4

1

A document may be served by addressing it to the person to be served and leaving it at the appropriate address for service under this rule, or by sending it to that address by first class post or by the equivalent of first class post.

2

The address for service under this rule on—

a

an individual is an address where it is reasonably believed that he or she will receive it;

b

a corporation is its principal office, and if there is no readily identifiable principal office then any place where it carries on its activities or business;

c

an individual or corporation who is legally represented in the case is that legal representative’s office;

d

the prosecution is the prosecutor’s office;

e

the court officer or the Registrar of Criminal Appeals is the relevant court office.

[Note. In addition to service in England and Wales for which these rules provide, service outside England and Wales may be allowed under other legislation. See—

a

section 39 of the Criminal Law Act 1977154 (service of summons, etc. in Scotland and Northern Ireland);

b

section 1139(4) of the Companies Act 2006155 (service of copy summons, etc. on company’s registered office in Scotland and Northern Ireland);

c

sections 3, 4, 4A and 4B of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003156 (service of summons, etc. outside the United Kingdom) and rules 49.1 and 49.2; and

d

section 1139(2) of the Companies Act 2006 (service on overseas company).]