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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996/schedule-2/rule-2.5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996/schedule-2/rule-2.5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/513",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-adjournal-criminal-procedure-rules-1996",
  "path": "schedule/2/rule/2.5",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "2.5",
  "heading": "Service by post",
  "text": "(1) Subject to any provision in the Act of 1995 or of these Rules, service by post shall be by registered post, ordinary first class post or the first class recorded delivery service.\n(2) Where the citation of, or service on, any person is effected by post under these Rules, the date of citation shall be deemed to be the day after the date of posting.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 rule 2.5(1) inserted (4.10.2004) by Act of Adjournal (Criminal Procedure Rules Amendment No. 4) (Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004) 2004 (S.S.I. 2004/434), paras. 1(1), 2(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 rule 2.5 in force at 1.4.1996, see para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/513/schedule/2/rule/2.5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:50:48.839518+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}