Section 2 Mode of service etc. where address of person is not known

(1)

Any requirement that a person whose address is not known be—

(a)

cited;

(b)

served with a document;

(c)

given notice,

by way of intimation, display or publication of the citation, document or notice on any part of a court building may be fulfilled in accordance with sub-paragraph (3).

(2)

The requirement in the rules mentioned below that a document be intimated or displayed on the walls of court may be fulfilled in accordance with sub-paragraph (3)—

(a)

rule 4(2) (publication) of the Chancery Procedure Rules^f1;

(b)

rule 19(2) (intimation, service and advertisement) of the Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Company Insolvency Rules) 1986^f2;

(c)

rule 6(1) (intimation and service) of the Act of Sederunt (Judicial Factors Rules) 1992^f3;

(d)

rule 8(3) (application for commission as a sheriff officer) of the Act of Sederunt (Messengers-at-Arms and Sheriff Officers Rules) 1991^f4.

(3)

A requirement to which reference is made in sub-paragraph (1) or (2) may be fulfilled by making publicly available on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service website—

(a)

the type of action in which the requirement arises;

(b)

the names and addresses of the parties.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: The Chancery Procedure Rules are in the schedule of Act of Sederunt (Chancery Procedure Rules) 2006 (S.S.I 2006/292), as amended by S.S.I. 2007/469.
f2: S.I. 1986/2297, last amended by S.S.I. 2021/324. Rule 19(2) was last amended by S.S.I. 2003/388.
f3: S.I. 1992/272, last amended by S.S.I. 2016/312. Rule 6(1) was last amended by S.I. 1997/206.
f4: S.I. 1991/1397, last amended by S.S.I. 2025/74. Rule 8(3) was amended by S.S.I. 2017/240.