Paragraph 10 Postal service or intimation

In any summary application in which service or intimation of any document or citation of any person may be by recorded delivery, such service, intimation or citation shall be by the first class recorded delivery service.

Notwithstanding the terms of section 4(2) of the Citation Amendment (Scotland) Act 1882^f1 (time from which period of notice reckoned), where service or intimation is by post, any period of notice contained in the warrant of citation shall run from the beginning of the day after the date of posting.

On the face of the envelope used for postal service or intimation under this rule there shall be written or printed the following notice:—

• “This envelope contains a citation to or intimation from (specify the court). If delivery cannot be made at the address shown it is to be returned immediately to:— The Sheriff Clerk (insert address of sheriff clerk’s office).”.

The certificate of citation or intimation in the case of postal service shall have attached to it any relevant postal receipts.