# Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996, Rule 2.3A: Service etc. on accused through a solicitor


(1) Where ... anything is to be served on, given, notified or intimated to a solicitor under section 72G or section 148D of the Act of 1995 it shall be—
(a) delivered to the solicitor personally;
(b) left for the solicitor with an employee or partner of the solicitor at the solicitor’s place of business; or
(c) posted to the solicitor’s place of business by the first class recorded delivery service,
with a notice in Form 2.3A.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where a party requires to intimate—
(a) a vulnerable witness notice in accordance with section 271A(13) of the Act of 1995 (child and deemed vulnerable witnesses); or
(b) a vulnerable witness application in accordance with section 271C(11) of the Act of 1995 (vulnerable witness application).
(3) Intimation may be given to a solicitor under section 72G or 148D of the Act of 1995 by—
(a) any of the methods specified in paragraph (1); or
(b) sending it to the solicitor via the CJSM system, if that solicitor is a CJSM user.
(4) In this rule—
“CJSM user” means a solicitor who has an active account on the CJSM system;
“CJSM system” means the Criminal Justice Secure eMail system managed by the Ministry of Justice to facilitate the transmission of encrypted sensitive information between criminal justice organisations and practitioners.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/513/schedule/2/rule/2.3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996/schedule-2/rule-2.3A
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.