{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-6.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/act-of-sederunt-sheriff-court-bankruptcy-rules-2016/rule-6.6.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/6.6",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "6.6",
  "heading": "Authority to serve by other means",
  "text": "(1) A petitioner may apply to the sheriff for authority to serve a document by a method other than those specified in rule 6.4 or 6.5.\n(2) That application is to be made—\n(a) by crave in the petition, where authority is sought at the time of lodging the petition; or\n(b) by motion, where authority is sought at any other time.\n(3) Where the sheriff grants the application, the sheriff may authorise the petitioner to effect service by any method that the sheriff thinks fit.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 6.6 in force at 30.11.2016, see rule 1.1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2016/313/rule/6.6",
    "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."
}