{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-6.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-6.4.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2016/313",
  "legislation_title": "Act of Sederunt (Sheriff Court Bankruptcy Rules) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016",
  "path": "rule/6.4",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.4",
  "heading": "Service by sheriff officer",
  "text": "(1) Where the debtor is of a type mentioned in the first column of the following table, a sheriff officer may effect service of the documents referred to in rule 6.3(2) by the method specified in the second column—\nDebtor\nMethod of service\nLiving individual\nGiving the document personally to the individual\nDeceased individual\nGiving the document personally to an executor or a person entitled to be appointed as executor\nTrust\nGiving the document personally to the individual trustees (if known)\nPartnership or limited partnership\n(a)\nGiving the document personally to the individual partners (if known); and\n(b)\nleaving the document in the hands of an employee, agent or representative at the place of business of the partnership\nDissolved partnership or dissolved limited partnership\nGiving the document personally to the individual partners (if known)\nBody corporate or unincorporated body\n(a)\nGiving the document personally to a senior official (if known); and\n(b)\nleaving the document in the hands of an employee, agent or representative at the place of business of the entity\n(2) The sheriff officer is to be accompanied by a witness.\n(3) Section 3 of the Citation Amendment (Scotland) Act 1882 does not apply to a document that is to be served in accordance with this rule.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 6.4 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1882 c. 77."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/6.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:22:11.793984+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."
}