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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-mental-health-rules-1996/article-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2149",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Mental Health Rules) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-mental-health-rules-1996",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Service by sheriff officer",
  "text": "(1) Where a copy of an application and any notice has been served personally by a sheriff officer under this Act of Sederunt, he shall prepare and return to the court an execution of such service setting forth in detail the manner and circumstances of such service.\n(2) Where a sheriff officer has been unable to effect personal service under this Act of Sederunt, he shall report to the court the reason why such service was not effected.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2149/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:36:42.784057+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."
}